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30 Nov 09

RAND | Monographs | Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 4

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By examining the key lessons from all insurgencies since World War II, it finds that most policymakers repeatedly underestimate the importance of indigenous actors to counterinsurgency efforts. The U.S. should focus its resources on helping improve the capacity of the indigenous government and indigenous security forces to wage counterinsurgency.
The U.S. military-along with U.S. civilian agencies and other coalition partners-is more likely to be successful in counterinsurgency warfare the more capable and legitimate the indigenous security forces (especially the police), the better the governance capacity of the local state, and the less external support that insurgents receive.

11 Nov 09

A Look at the President's Meetings on Afghanistan and Pakistan - Political Punch

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Below is a look at the President's meetings thus far:
FIRST MEETING – September 13th, 2009

Attendees: The White House has not released a manifest for the meeting – but they describe it as a meeting with his “national security team.”
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- SECOND MEETING – September 30th, 2009
  
  Attendees that were expected from the White House:
  Vice President Biden
  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
  Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
  Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
  General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan
  Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
  CIA Director Leon Panetta
  Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
  Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
  General James Jones, National Security Advisor
  
  A White House released photo of the meeting:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3969321907/
- THIRD MEETING – October 7th, 2009
  
  Attendees that were expected from the White House:
  Vice President Biden
  Secretary of State Clinton
  Secretary of Defense Gates
  Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent US Representative to the United Nations
  Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
  Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
  General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
  Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
  CIA Director Leon Panetta
  Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
  Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
  General James Jones, National Security Advisor
  Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
  John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
  
  A White House released photo of the meeting:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3990563111/
- FOURTH MEETING –October 9th, 2009
  
  Attendees that were expected from the White House:
  Vice President Biden
  Secretary of State Clinton
  Secretary of Defense Gates
  Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations (via videoconference)
  Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
  Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
  General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
  Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
  CIA Director Leon Panetta
  Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
  Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
  General James Jones, National Security Advisor
  Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
  John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
  Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
  
  A White House released photos of the meeting:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3995929077/
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/4014569206/
- FIFTH MEETING – October 14th, 2009
  
  Attendees that were expected from the White House:
  Vice President Biden
  Secretary of State Clinton (via telephone)
  Secretary of Defense Gates
  Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations
  Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
  Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew
  Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
  General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
  Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
  CIA Director Leon Panetta
  Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
  Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
  General James Jones, National Security Advisor
  Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
  John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
  Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
  
  A White House released photos of the meeting:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/4012004624/
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/4032576357/
- SIXTH MEETING – October 26th, 2009
  
  Attendees that were expected from the White House:
  Vice President Biden (via videoconference)
  Secretary of State Clinton
  Secretary of Defense Gates
  General James Jones, National Security Advisor
  Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
  John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
  Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
  
  No White House photo was provided of the meeting.
- SEVENTH MEETING –October 30th 2009
  
  Attendees that were expected from the White House:
  Vice President Biden
  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
  General James Jones, National Security Advisor
  Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  General George W. Casey, Chief of Staff of the Army
  General James T. Conway, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
  Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations
  General Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
  Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
  John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
  Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
  
  A White House photo released of the meeting:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/4058415061/
- EIGHTH MEETING – to happen on Wednesday, November 11t, 2009.
  
  As of President Obama's 7th meeting, on October 30th, the White House says that President Obama had spent about 20 direct hours of time on this, and the principles had spent at least 40 hours of time preparing material for the meetings.
  
  The White House says the President is still weeks away from announcing his decision and this week indicated it is likely that the decision will not come until after the President returns from his Asia trip next Thursday.

02 Nov 09

David Ignatius - David Ignatius on mixing hard and soft tactics in Afghanistan - washingtonpost.com

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Hikmatullah, a tall Pashtun farmer dressed in turban and white cloak, looks slightly bewildered as a U.S. Army officer offers him tea and bread and questions him about what he wants from life.
Can these pleasant, tea-drinking American soldiers really be the same people who are assaulting Taliban fighters in this region of eastern Afghanistan?
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- Even as U.S. forces show a gentler side with their new stress on people-friendly counterinsurgency, they continue to conduct devastating attacks on the enemy.
- this reality is not well understood back in America.
- counterterrorism approach
- counterinsurgency strategy
- The fact is that U.S. forces are doing both missions every day and night -- and indeed are becoming increasingly effective at each one.
- But there's a danger: A strategy that combines stroking your friends and pounding your enemies runs the risk of sending mixed messages.
- the soft approach -- a "population-centric" strategy
- (The problem, alas, is that the Kabul government is distant and corrupt.)
- Assisting him will be the first wave of the "civilian surge" promised by President Obama -- representatives of the State and Agriculture departments and the U.S. Agency for International Development, reporting to a regional coordinator for "stabilization operations." The plan is for nearly 400 U.S. civilians to be working on aid projects across Afghanistan by year-end -- all, no doubt, drinking the requisite three cups of tea.
- The mission, basically, is to make it very dangerous to be a Taliban operative -- and thereby shift the balance of intimidation in this war. The SOF warriors are also targeting the networks that produce the roadside bombs killing coalition troops.
- "It's like all the instruments in an orchestra," says a U.S. military commander of the different parts of the battle plan. "You have to know how to play them together."

09 Oct 09

National Defense Strategy

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02 Oct 09

Informed Comment: Obama Meets Advisers on Afghanistan; Ismail Khan Warns against US Troop Surge

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14 Oct 08

Thomas Barnett draws a new map for peace | Video on TED.com

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10 Oct 08

TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | McCain's Hero Petraeus: "I Do Think You Have To Talk To Enemies"

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01 Oct 08

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

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15 Jul 08

Informed Comment: Obama on Iraq and Afghanistan: A Friendly Critique

The original Taliban had mostly been displaced as refugees into Pakistan. These 'neo-Taliban' don't seem mostly to have that background. A lot of them seem to be just disgruntled Pushtun villagers in places like Uruzgan.

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RAND | Monographs | Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 4

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Informed Comment: Obama Meets Advisers on Afghanistan; Ismail Khan Warns against US Troop Surge

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