Afghanistan
Afghanistan faces staggering challenges as it works toward becoming a functioning democracy. Carnegie experts assess the political, economic, and security hurdles preventing progress in Afghanistan, and evaluate the policy options most likely to stabilize the country.
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A London Fog on Afghanistan
The conference in London failed to suggest viable solutions to the real problems facing Afghanistan, including President Karzai’s lack of credibility, the prevalence of local corruption, and the fragmentation of power into the hands of armed local militias.
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Invite the Taliban to the Afghanistan Conference
At the international conference on Afghanistan in London, the international community should address the only issue that really matters for peace in Afghanistan: how to make the Taliban part of a lasting solution.
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Foreign Policy Challenges in 2010
Efforts to combat terrorism largely defined the global security agenda during the past decade, when small terrorist groups, with as few as three hundred active members, were able to inflict enormous amounts of damage on regional, national, and international scales.
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Fixing a Failed Strategy in Afghanistan
To correct a failing strategy in Afghanistan, the United States and its allies need to focus on protecting Afghan cities and reallocating more resources to the North.
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Warlords As Bureaucrats: The Afghan Experience
Afghanistan's hybrid form of governance, which draws on a mix of formal institutions and warlord-administered informal power, may be the only viable model for Afghanistan at present.
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The Taliban's Winning Strategy in Afghanistan
To prevent losing control of Afghanistan, the International Coalition must shift resources to reverse the Taliban’s progress in the North, while reinforcing the Kabul region.
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U.S. Policy in Central Asia: Looking Ahead
As the war in Afghanistan begins to enter a new phase, it is important to reexamine some of the premises of U.S. policy in the Central Asian region and to consider whether the conditions in the region have changed in the last decade.
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U.S. Afghan Strategy: The Big Questions
As debate on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan continues, the big strategic questions sometimes get lost in the noise over troop numbers.
Experts
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Gilles Dorronsoro
Dorronsoro's research focuses on security and political development in Afghanistan. He was a professor of political science at the Sorbonne, Paris and the Institute of Political Studies of Rennes. -
Frederic Grare
Grare’s research focuses on South Asia security issues and the search for a security architecture. He also works on the tension between stability and democratization in Pakistan, including civil-military relations, the challenge of sectarian conflict and Islamic political mobilization. -
Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was appointed president of the Endowment in 1997. Her career includes posts in the executive and legislative branches of government, in management and research in the nonprofit arena, and in journalism. -
Gautam Mukhopadhaya
A serving Indian Foreign Service officer of Ambassadorial rank, Mukhopadhaya's research is focused on India’s Afghanistan policy and its relationship with U.S. Af-Pak strategy. -
George Perkovich
George Perkovich's research focuses on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation, with a focus on South Asia and Iran, and on the problem of justice in the international political economy. -
Fabrice Pothier
Pothier, director of Carnegie Europe, is a noted commentator on European policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, transatlantic issues, and global drug policy. -
Ashley J. Tellis
Tellis was recently on assignment to the U.S. Department of State as Senior Adviser to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, during which time he was intimately involved in negotiating the civil nuclear agreement with India.
