Afghanistan

Peter Bergen, a CNN terrorism analyst, called the repetition "a huge problem." "It is suposed to be a lessons-learned exercise," Bergen said. ...

However analysts such as Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution and author Peter Bergen point out that counter-terrorism was in essence the failed ...

More troops and a new commander have been sent to Afghanistan, and the U.S. has increased its level of support and aid to Pakistan. Steve Coll will be on a panel to represent the argument against against this motion. Mr. Coll is, president and CEO of  New America Foundation, and a staff writer at the New Yorker magazine ...

It's All About Pakistan The New Yorker's Steve Coll emphasizes the country wedged between Afghanistan and India. Coll explains how withdrawal would ...

Sameer Lalwani in a study for the New America Foundation says that the Pakistan Army is already overstretched with the Swat operation and lacks the capacity ...

The political half of America's strategy in Afghanistan is now in ruins. This is not just due to the debacle of the Afghan presidential elections. Eight years after US troops arrived in the country, as General Stanley McChrystal conceded in his report to President Barack Obama, there is a "crisis of confidence" among the Afghan people in their government.

Civilian control of the armed forces is one of the most sacrosanct tenets of American democracy. It assures us that military decision-making will be subordinate to the larger strategic perspective of our nation's elected -- and ultimately accountable -- leaders.

On the other hand, advocates of the proposed new strategy, like Peter Bergen, an expert on Islamic terrorism, invoke America's “obligation” to the Afghan ...