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New Taliban Attack Prompts Familiar Question: What's Next In Afghanistan?
The Taliban staged a coordinated attack overnight on two Afghan army outposts, killing 14 Afghan soldiers. It's the latest attack by insurgents on the country's beleaguered na...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Afghanistan's Forever WarIt's been another violent week in Afghanistan. Former U.S. Army Col. Chris Kolenda, who helped set up a back channel with the Taliban, discusses what it will take to get all s...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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17 years in, Afghan war at a 'stalemate'
In The News
More than a year after President Donald Trump announced his administration's new strategy for achieving success in Afghanistan and the wider region, the situation remains deci...
By Stephen Tankel
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Tillerson visits Afghanistan as US ramps up campaign against militants
US secretary of state Rex Tillerson made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday, hoping to cement Donald Trump’s new strategy and ramp up the political and military pre...
By Stephen Tankel
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Mattis Discloses Part of Afghanistan Battle Plan, but It Hasn’t Yet Been Carried Out
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, normally reluctant to speak publicly about American troops deployed around the globe, took a different tack this week on Capitol Hil...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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The CIA wants permission to kill terrorists in Afghanistan with drones, which could endanger U.S. troops
The CIA is pushing for approval to conduct lethal drone strikes in Afghanistan for the first time, an idea that some in the Pentagon reportedly worry could place U.S. troops i...
By Michael Horowitz
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Afghan Defense Ministry: US leaflet drop broke agreement
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military broke an agreement with Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry when it released propaganda flyers deemed offensive to Muslims without first gett...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Trump's new Afghan strategy rings all too familiar in longest war
President Donald Trump says he is pursuing a "dramatically" different strategy in Afghanistan that will bear better results — but some of the Pentagon's own experts expect to ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Trump's Afghanistan Plan Is Criticized For Being Short On Details
David Greene talks to Michèle Flournoy, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy under President Obama, for reaction to President Trump's strategy for the war in Afg...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
No More Private WarsIn the latest plot twist in America’s longest war, Blackwater founder and informal Trump adviser Erik Prince is hawking a plan to privatize our military expedition in Afghanis...
By Phillip Carter
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Obama weighs moving U.S. troops closer to front lines in Syria, IraqExecutive Vice President and Director of Studies Shawn Brimley discusses Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's objectives relating to US operations in Iraq and Syria in The Washin...
By Shawn Brimley
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Audio: The World Bank Plan to Help Syria's Neighbours Cope with Refugees
President Richard Fontaine discusses whether the US will withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 2017 on the BBC World Service....
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Obama's Goal of Ending Two Wars Now Slipping Beyond His GraspSenior Fellow and Director of the 20YY Warfare Initiative Paul Scharre discusses President Obama's withdrawal schedule in Afghanistan in Bloomberg Politics....
By Paul Scharre
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Hope fades on Obama's vow to bring troops home before presidency ends
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Hon. Michèle Flournoy examines President Obama's withdrawal plan for Afghanistan in The Washington Post....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Taliban topples Kunduz: what that means for Afghanistan's securitySenior Fellow and Director of the 20YY Warfare Initiative Paul Scharre examines the significance of the fall of Kunduz to the Taliban in The Christian Science Monitor....
By Paul Scharre
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Former Obama ambassadors against a full Afghan troop withdrawal in 2016
CEO Michele Flournoy signs an open letter to the President urging him to extend the stay of U.S. troops in Afghanistan....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Afghan president unlikely to sway Obama on troop drawdown
President Richard Fontaine weighs in on Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Washington. ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Obama may alter drawdown timetable but is determined to end Afghan war
In The Washington Post, President Richard Fontaine weighs in on the Obama Administration's plan to end the war in Afghanistan by January 2017....
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
US exit from Afghanistan tied to developing security forcesIn the Associated Press, CEO Michèle Flournoy discusses the need for U.S. support and engagement in Afghanistan....
By Michèle Flournoy
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NPR: Afghan President Makes First Official Visit To Washington
CEO Michèle Flournoy weighs in on Afhgan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai's first official visit to Washington....
By Michèle Flournoy
