The Great Game Reinvigorated:
Geopolitics, Afghanistan, and the Importance of Pakistan
By Mark Gilchrist, Strategy Bridge: "As a peace agreement in Afghanistan becomes increasingly plausible it is important for America to focus on maximising long-term interests to retain a position of relative advantage and enduring influence in the region after the Afghan mission is complete."
Geopolitics, Afghanistan, and the Importance of Pakistan
By Mark Gilchrist, Strategy Bridge: "As a peace agreement in Afghanistan becomes increasingly plausible it is important for America to focus on maximising long-term interests to retain a position of relative advantage and enduring influence in the region after the Afghan mission is complete."
U.S., AFGHANISTAN:
As U.S. Presses Negotiations, Taliban Promotes Training of Fighters and Attacks
By Bill Roggio, FDD's Long War Journal: "In the Taliban’s latest video, which was released today on its official Website, Voice of Jihad, the group shows its fighters training for war as well as a montage of attacks on Afghan and Coalition forces."
As U.S. Presses Negotiations, Taliban Promotes Training of Fighters and Attacks
By Bill Roggio, FDD's Long War Journal: "In the Taliban’s latest video, which was released today on its official Website, Voice of Jihad, the group shows its fighters training for war as well as a montage of attacks on Afghan and Coalition forces."
The (Other) Continent We Can’t Defend
By Elizabeth Buchanan, the interpreter: "China has no real incentive to practice restraint on a continent it invests billions in (from technical expertise, personnel training, to new icebreakers) and on which it recognises no territorial claims."
By Elizabeth Buchanan, the interpreter: "China has no real incentive to practice restraint on a continent it invests billions in (from technical expertise, personnel training, to new icebreakers) and on which it recognises no territorial claims."
Net Assessment: Explaining Mission Creep in Afghanistan
by Rick Berger, Bryan McGrath, and Christopher Preble
by Rick Berger, Bryan McGrath, and Christopher Preble
Afghanistan peace talks: U.S. pushes toward “face-saving way out"
(Axios) The ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban are a “charade” designed simply to provide the U.S. a “face-saving way out of Afghanistan,” former CIA deputy director Michael Morell tells Axios.
(Axios) The ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban are a “charade” designed simply to provide the U.S. a “face-saving way out of Afghanistan,” former CIA deputy director Michael Morell tells Axios.
Pakistan wants to create a self-reliant, self-sustained defense industry
(Defense News) The Pakistani government is promoting aims to increase public-private cooperation and develop a self-reliant, self-sustained defense industry. But the private sector is skeptical.
(Defense News) The Pakistani government is promoting aims to increase public-private cooperation and develop a self-reliant, self-sustained defense industry. But the private sector is skeptical.
Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, And The Indirect Approach
mentioning Thomas H. Henriksen via Readings
In exploring Counterinsurgency and the Indirect Approach, Dr. Thomas Henriksen assesses several cases where the United States has employed an Indirect Approach toward achieving strategic objectives, and he suggests where this concept has landed short of expectations.
mentioning Thomas H. Henriksen via Readings
In exploring Counterinsurgency and the Indirect Approach, Dr. Thomas Henriksen assesses several cases where the United States has employed an Indirect Approach toward achieving strategic objectives, and he suggests where this concept has landed short of expectations.
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