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← Older posts Newer posts →Afghanistan Weekly Reader – Drawdown Debates
October 19, 2011You may have read a report from the Associated Press this Saturday that the US will follow through on the agreement to remove virtually all military forces from Iraq by the end of the year. If so, you were probably … Continue reading
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October 19, 2011You may have read a report from the Associated Press this Saturday that the US will follow through on the agreement to remove virtually all military forces from Iraq by the end of the year. If so, you were probably … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentBeyond boots on the ground – A cost-effective approach to US foreign policy
October 18, 2011Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group Blogger In her recent Foreign Policy op-ed on forward deployed diplomacy in the Asia Pacific, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote, “With Iraq and Afghanistan still in transition and serious economic challenges in our own … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged continuation, defense spending, diplomacy, economy, exit strategy, foreign policy | Leave a commentWant Security? Buy a Warlord
October 14, 2011Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group Blogger Earlier this year we reported on the case of Afghan National Police Commander Azizullah, a protégé of US Special Ops Forces and human rights offender, according to an internal UN report. The reports detailed … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan government, corruption, foreign policy | Leave a commentWar Costs Part 3: Hidden costs in the war budget
October 13, 2011Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group Blogger Budgeting for war is tricky. On the one hand, when it comes to supporting our troops, cutting corners is out of the question. On the other hand, spending billions of dollars every year without … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged defense spending, economy | Leave a commentAfghanistan Weekly Reader: Shadow Wars
October 12, 2011In a speech on the Challenge of a National Defense yesterday, Defense Secretary Panetta said, “This is a complicated relationship…we are fighting a war in their country.” He was referring not to Afghanistan, but to Pakistan. And Pakistan is not … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan government, drawdown, economy, Pakistan | Leave a commentAfghanistan and Iraq War Costs, Part 2: Operational versus Personnel Costs
October 10, 2011Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group Blogger War costs will go down as we withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. But they won’t go down quickly. A lot of our war expenditure is in support operations, not personnel. As a result, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan government, continuation, defense spending, drawdown, timetable, withdraw | Leave a commentThe Afghanistan Weekly Reader: Ten Years Later, No End in Sight
October 7, 2011With the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan today, retrospectives on the war, from numbers to pictures, are everywhere. All of these have one thing in common: the recognition that peace and stability in Afghanistan is still a long … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentThe Afghanistan War: Ten Years Later and Counting
October 7, 2011Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group Blogger “Much of the goodwill the U.S. built up by liberating Afghanistan from the Taliban’s rule has been dissipated by mistakes made after the fighting died down.” – October 9, 2002 “Violence is still common … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan government, continuation, debate, drawdown, Obama's Wars, strategy | 1 CommentThe Afghanistan Weekly Reader: Afghanistan Questions Continue
September 28, 2011Admiral Mike Mullen’s statement before the Senate Armed Service Committee that the Haqqani network “is, in many ways, a strategic arm of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency” precipitated some heated debates. Setting aside the implications for the US-Pakistan relationship, Mullen’s comments … Continue reading
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