What "Winning" Looks Like in Pakistan and Afghanistan

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• Commentary
  • The Hill
  • November 20, 2019
  A fresh approach to peace in Afghanistan

  An effective peace process is possible and desirable in Afghanistan. Success, however, will require a careful, step-by-step course to test bona fides, build confidence, reduce...

  By Earl Anthony Wayne & Christopher D. Kolenda

• Commentary
  • The Washington Post
  • November 14, 2019
  Trump was right to abandon the Taliban peace deal. Here’s what a good one would look like.

  Two months after President Trump declared U.S.-Taliban peace talks “dead,” diplomacy with the Afghan insurgents is reviving. With the administration already having negotiated ...

  By David H. Petraeus & Vance Serchuk

• Commentary
  • Defense One
  • September 17, 2019
  The U.S. Military is Not, and Can Never Be, Afghanistan’s Police

  In 1829, the father of modern policing, Sir Robert Peel, established “Peel’s Principles” to describe the role of police at large. Almost 200 years later, policing has changed ...

  By COL Sarah Albrycht

• Podcast
  • September 10, 2019
  Ending the war in Afghanistan

  Christopher D. Kolenda joins The World and Everything in It to discuss the latest developments in talks between the United States and the Taliban. Listen to the full conversa...

  By Christopher D. Kolenda

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