Bruce Riedel

For Bruce Riedel, this is our last chance in Afghanistan. And this time, he really seriously means it.

Bruce Riedel at Brookings says we have a vested interest in shoring up Karzai's legitimacy. That's not surprising, given that Riedel certainly has such a vested interest.

After more than 800 U.S. military casualties, tens of thousands of Afghan civilian deaths and $228 billion, we have zero indications that Pashtuns in Afghanistan are any closer to giving their support to the Kabul government.

I've been mulling over the inability of Ambassador Holbrooke and Secretary Gates to define success in Afghanistan or to speculate about how long we should expect to be fighting a war there.

The War on Terror frame is dangerous, and the policies that emerge from it make us less secure while failing to stop terrorism.

The activist filmmaker Robert Greenwald has tried for years to speed up the production process for his documentaries. Now, he says, he is creating one...

Imagine a national dialogue filled with rational, thoughtful discussions on the issues surrounding Afghanistan. That is our goal.

While normally the US should exhaust all diplomatic channels, Obama should exercise great caution when it comes to talking with the Taliban, as it comes with one too many concerns.

If America once turned on the Afghan allies that helped it defeat the Soviets, many Pakistanis feel, what would stop it from turning on Pakistan?