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Afghanistan: A True Alternative

Michael Brenner | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Afpak, Gen. Petraeus, Afghanistan, Al Quaeda, Gen. McChrystal, Afghanistan War, World News

The US must abandon the illusions that American well-being depends on shaping the affairs of other places wherever something happens that discomforts us; and that people in those places want us to take custody of their well-being.

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Is the United States Gearing Up to Go Into Pakistan?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, James Jones, Pakistan, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Afpak, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, World News

While it may be too early to tell whether Obama will follow through on his 2007 campaign pledge, it does seem like his administration is setting the stage.

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Afghanistan: Obama's Fantasy Island

Michael Brenner | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Mcchrystal, Barack Obama Afghanistan, Afpak, Al Queda, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton Pakistan, Hamid Karzai, Pakistan, World News

Obama will do the predictable next week and sign on to plans for an expanded American commitment in Afghanistan. In truth, he could not do otherwise -- for three reasons.

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Islamist Terrorists Take Page From US Hate Groups' Internet PlayBook

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Jihadists, Al-Qaeda, White Supremacists, Pakistan, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Internet, Tom Metzger, Hate Groups, Youtube, Afpak, Myspace, War on Terrorism, World News

Islamist terrorist arrests across this country since last January run the gamut. White and black, young and middle-aged, single and married, homegrown and foreign born, and legal and illegal immigrants.

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Obama -- Really the Afghanistan "Decider"?

Michael Brenner | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Afpak, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Douglas MacArthur, Afghanistan War, World News

There is something rotten in the current state of Washington's Afghan policy making. And a confused American public, and an ever credulous press, are buying the fairy tale.

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It's a Runoff, Now What? Parsing the Impacts of the Presidential Rematch in Afghanistan

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

A coalition government in Afghanstan, while supposedly offering the best of both worlds, tacitly condones an illegitimate election and would require America to broker power among competing personalities.

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Our Best Way Forward in Afghanistan is Out

Mary Ellen McNish | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Afghans and Americans deserve is a full, public discussion of the policy choices looming in the next weeks. We must choose to demonstrate a commitment to the rule of law, and not violence.

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Using Money To Make Peace -- Toward A New Kind of Warfare

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military, Money, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama, Afpak, Bribery, Taliban, Proportional Response, Politics News

We are pouring lives and billions down the drain all over the world and money could accomplish a whole lot more with less expense and fewer (or even no) lost lives.

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Obama Looses the Manhunters

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Empire, General Mcchrystal, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Af-Pak, Stanley McChrystal, Iran, Afpak, Iraq, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

Obama's key foreign policy figures are traditional players in the national security state and pre-Bush-style Washington guardians of American power, thinking globally in familiar ways.

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Hashoo Bombers Strike Again

Derek Flood | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Takfirism, Pc Hotel Blast, Aga Khan, Ismaili, Afpak, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Serena Hotel, Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Benazir Bhutto, Terrorism, Islamabad Marriott, World News

People across the region who depend on the Ismaili establishment for employment, sustenance and remittances have suffered enormously from the Taleban's unforgiving insurgency.

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In Harsh Times, Pakistanis Seek Comfort On Facebook

Pia Sawhney | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Lahore, Peshawar, Internet, Terrorism, Pakistan, Karachi, Karachi-Pakistan, Lahore Attack, Facebook, Peshawar Pakistan, Afpak, World News

While the nation's news media has been prohibited from reporting extensively on military exercises in Swat and Buner districts, on Facebook, questions and concerns crop up swiftly.

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Nuclear-Tipped Pakistan and Stone Age Afghanistan

Carter Phipps | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Enlightennext Magazine, Steve Coll, Robert Kaplan, Pakistan, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Steve McIntosh, Afpak, Afghanistan, Ghost Wars, Enlightennext, Thomas Barnett, World News

Nuclear-tipped Pakistan and Stone Age Afghanistan are a combustible pair and the last thing anyone wants is for that dangerous fuse to be lit, at least not more than it already is

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Senate Dems On Pakistan: U.S. Here To Stay

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Evan Bayh, Mark Begich, Kay Hagan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Moderate Democrats Working Group, Middle East, Jeanne Shaheen, Afpak, Foreign Investment, Tom Carper, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Look for the United States to be sending resources not only to Afghanistan, but Pakistan and the rest of the region for the foreseeable future, a grou...

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Going for Broke

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Afpak, David McKiernan, General Mcchrystal, General Mckiernan, Afghanistan, Af-Pak, Afghanistan War, World News

Afghan commander General McChystal's mentality is undoubtedly a global-war-on-terror one, which translates into no respect for boundaries, restraints, or the sovereignty of others.

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Solving Kashmir

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Boundaries, President Obama, Pakistan, United Nations, Summit Nuclear, National Boundaries, Obama, Afpak, China, Barack Obama, Kashmir, Foreign Policy, Chris Weigant, Pakistani, Swat Valley, British, India, Un, Fata, Partition, Line of Actual Control, Line of Control, Loc, Jammu, Lac, World News

If Pakistan and India could declare peace and accept a line through the region as their final national boundaries, it could pay off huge dividends in the fight against terrorists.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Npt, Middle East, Nepal, Nato, Sri Lanka, Swat Valley, Georgia, Afpak, Taliban, Israel, China, Afghanistan, Weekly Roundup, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : AfPak War and Understanding Facts: Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani officially announced a military offens...

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Obama's Fine Line in AfPak and Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Pakistan, Obama Afghanistan, Obama Iraq, Afpak, Obama Foreign Policy, World News

Too much or too little US involvement could spell disaster for Obama's approach in countries ridden by internal conflict.

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Obama's Crisis Management: Of Flu and AfPak

William Bradley | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

After plenty of preliminary work by his top aides, and behind-the-scenes preparation by himself Obama is about to bring the question of Afghanistan and Pakistan back to center stage.

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Obama's Deepening AfPak Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: India, Pakistani Army, Britain, Turkey, Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kabul, Mumbai, Taliban, Islamabad, Nato, Pakistani Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Ashfaq Kayani, Dick Cheney, Karachi, Pervez Musharaff, Afpak, Richard Armitage, Colin Powell, Al Jazeera, World News

With the appropriate huzzahs for Obama's first 100 days still ringing in the air, his new AfPak strategy, for the linked crisis of Afghanistan and Pakistan, is already in deep trouble.

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The First 100 Days: A Whole That Is Greater Than Its Parts

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Venezuela, Gaza, Ronald Reagan, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, George W. Bush, President Obama, Iran, Democratic Party, Finance, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Afpak, Israel, Tea Party, Republican Party, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bill Clinton, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Hillary Clinton 2008, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Joe Biden, Democrats, Russia Georgia War, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Wall Street, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Jimmy Carter, Banks, Banking Crisis, Moscow, Europe, Iraq, China, Republicans, Politics News

When Obama became president, the country was reeling economically, directionless in foreign policy, losing credibility abroad and suffering a crisis of confidence at home. He has begun to turn all of this around.

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Pakistan: Obama's Achilles' Heel

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Islam, Afpak, Pakistan, Muslim Countries, Nonproliferation, India, Obama, Afghanistan, Cuba, Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Prague, Home News

Pakistan is an unconventional problem that demands an unorthodox response from an unassuming president.

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Selling War: Struggling to Make the Case to Fight Terrorism, Again.

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Obama's proposed tactics in the AfPak region have certainly been scrutinized, but truly vocal criticisms have maintained low decibel levels... until now.

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Requiem for the War on Terror

Ira Chernus | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton War on Terror, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Global War on Terror, Obama Afpak, Afpak, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The Global War on Terror ends, not with parades and speeches, but with an obscure memo, a few news reports, vague denials, and a seemingly off-handed comment from Hillary Clinton.

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Lurking Defense Secretary Provides Adult Supervision and Stabilizes Obama National Security Team

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Robert Gates, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Defense Policy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Afghanistan, Afpak, Joe Biden, Lawrence Summers, Politics News

Gates is setting an example in how to manage the complex challenges facing the Obama team that others would be wise to follow. He seems focused on strategy and the results America needs.

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