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How Does the Conflict in Afghanistan Compare to Counterinsurgencies of the Past 30 Years?

An analysis of 30 insurgencies worldwide between 1978 and 2008 determined what factors were ultimately correlated with success or defeat. Comparing Afghanistan in early 2011 against this scorecard results in an uncertain outcome for the conflict there, but the findings may help provide additional guidance as operations continue.

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David Aaron

Senior Fellow
M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; B.A., L.L.D. (honorary), Occidental College

Abdulaziz Ibrahim Al-Heidous

Research Officer
B.A. in political science, University of Utah, USA

Omar Al-Shahery

Research Project Associate
M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; M.Sc. in software engineering and information technology, National Center for Information Technology, Institute of Graduate Studies, Baghdad; B.S. in solid state and nuclear physics, Al-Nahrain University for Engineering and Science Technology

Duncan Amos

Research Assistant
B.S. in economics, Duke University; B.A. in political science, Duke University

C. Ross Anthony

Leader, Global Health Initiative, RAND Health; Director, RAND Palestine Initiative
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, M.A. in economic history, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in history, Williams College

Aziza Arifkhanova

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. student in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in economics, Florida State University; B.S. in economics and international affairs, Florida State University

Catherine H. Augustine

Senior Policy Researcher
Ph.D. and M.A. in education, University of Michigan; B.A. in political philosophy, Michigan State University

Nono Ayivi-Guedehoussou

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in global health and population, Harvard University School of Public Health; B.S. in biochemistry, Suffolk University

Ben Baruch

Research Assistant
M.A. in conflict, security and development, University of Sussex; B.A. in law & society, University of Exeter

Sebastian Bauhoff

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health economics, Harvard University; M.P.A. in international development, Harvard University; B.Sc. in economics with economic history, London School of Economics

Caroline Baxter

Project Associate
M.A. in international relations, University of Saint Andrews; M.A. in international affairs, Columbia University

Claude Berrebi

Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Princeton University; M.B.A. in finance, M.A. and B.A. in economics, Hebrew University

Jonah Blank

Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D. in anthropology, Harvard Universiy; M.A. in anthropology, Harvard University; B.A. in history, Yale University

Olena Bogdan

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economic analysis, Kyiv School of Economics; M.A. in economics, University of Houston

James Bonomo

Senior Physical Scientist
Ph.D. and M.A. in physics, University of California, Berkeley; B.S. in physics, California Institute of Technology

Rick Brennan, Jr

Senior Political Scientist
B.S. in criminal justice, Arizona State University; Ph.D. in political science/international relations, University of California, Los Angeles

Nicholas Burger

Economist; Associate Research Department Director, Economics, Sociology, and Statistics Department; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Santa Barbara; B.A. in economics and philosophy, University of Southern California

Dwayne M. Butler

Management Scientist
Ed.D. in adult & continuing education, Rutgers University; Ph.D. in organization and management, Capella University; M.S. in administration, Central Michigan University; B.A. in economics, Rutgers University; B.A. in Spanish, Rutgers University

Kurt Card

Legislative Analyst
B.S. in business management, Oakland University

Sophie Castle-Clarke

Research Assistant
M.Phil. in international relations, University of Cambridge; B.A. (Hons) in history, University of East Anglia

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