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04 Dec 09
Washington Post: Sen. Jim Webb calls for clarity on Afghan strategy
Our strategy is sound only if framed with clearly defined and attainable goals, an understandable end point and a regional perspective
02 Dec 09
John Dickerson / Slate: Obama's Afghanistan speech was confusing
The president's strategy, according to administration officials, is to circumvent the Karzai government, inspiring regional agencies through financial incentives and basically avoiding the Kabul government altogether
30 Nov 09
Jesse Zwick / The New Republic: The Downside of 'Smart Power'
USAID's new chief is stepping into a fierce struggle about the right role of humanitarian aid in foreign policy
22 Nov 09
The Observer: Books of the year 2009
Was it Thomas Cromwell's machinations, a frustrated MP's diaries, or a novelist's treatment of his father's suicide? We asked a few people
13 Nov 09
Garry Wills / NY Review of Books: A One-Term President?: The Choice
It is unlikely that we will soon have another president with the moral and rhetorical force to talk us out of a foolish commitment that cannot be sustained without shame and defeat. If it costs him his presidency, what other achievement can match it?
09 Nov 09
Leslie Gelb / The Daily Beast: McChrystal's Fuzzy Math
Senior military officers I’ve spoken with predict 16 to 18 months at best [to get new troops on the ground in Afghanistan]. McChrystal knows these delays very well, so why is he asking for what he realizes he can’t get
27 Oct 09
The Daily Beast: America's Dark Side
In a more just world, Stripping Bare the Body would occupy the center of global policy debate traditionally assigned for witless tracts by Tom Friedman or Madeleine Albright
26 Oct 09
David Sirota / In These Times: A Party With No Punch
In the last month, three unrelated events revealed the nature of the modern Democratic Party more powerfully than any Ralph Nader treatise, Michael Moore documentary or Saturday Night Live sketch
23 Oct 09
Andrew Cohen: The Khalid Shaikh Mohammed case would put America on trial
The Mohammed trial would be a battle between constitutional philosophies, political and military practicalities and prejudices, and human hearts and minds
21 Oct 09
Steven Metz / The New Republic: The Civilian Surge Myth
There is little chance that the United States will mobilize enough civilian capability to re-engineer backward states and keep it in the field during a protracted insurgency
20 Oct 09
NY Times: Military Memo - As the Commander in Chief Deliberates, Frustration Builds Within the Ranks
he strains reflect the military’s awareness in recent months that life has changed under the new White House
David Rohde / NY Times: Held by the Taliban. Part Three - The World of Young Militants
The Haqqanis were so confident of their control of the area that they took me — a person they considered to be an extraordinarily valuable hostage — on a three-hour drive in broad daylight to shoot a scene for a video outdoors
BBC: US arms Mali to battle al-Qaeda
Trucks, powerful communication devices and clothing are among $5m (£3m) of equipment being handed over
25 Jul 09
WSJ: The 1976 West Point Class of Generals Leading in Iraq and Afghanistan
West Point’s class of 1976 was the first modern generation of military officers to enter the army without serving in Vietnam
Roger Cohen / The New York Review of Books: Iran: The Tragedy & the Future
Weeks later I am still shaken. Iran lurched. The lurching was violent. Still, certain truths have emerged with some clarity from the enduring opacity of the country's revolutionary power structure
18 Jul 09
WSJ: Richard A. Clarke on Targeting Terrorists
We need a professional intelligence gathering and analysis organization and it would be better if that agency were not tied to, prejudiced by, and often tainted with a connection to covert action
24 Jun 09
Guardian: Prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo formally arrested
One of China's most influential dissidents, Liu Xiaobo, has been formally arrested for inciting subversion, six months after he co-drafted a groundbreaking manifesto for political reform.
Washington Times - EXCLUSIVE: U.S. contacted Iran's ayatollah before election
The letter was sent between May 4 and May 10 and laid out the prospect of "cooperation in regional and bilateral relations" and a resolution of the dispute over Iran's nuclear program
15 Jun 09
Stars and Stripes: AFRICOM building research center
While pursuing national security interests is the military’s objective, "Our concern is to take the concerns of the subject first and foremost. It would be difficult to negotiate that conflict"
08 Jun 09
WS Journal: Warning: There's a 'Sell' Sign In Tighter Pentagon Budgets
U.S. military spending, which rose for the past decade, may be about to peak. That could be bad news for many large defense contractors
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