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2009

Middle East
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Fighting Terror the Cold War Way
Todd C. Helmus @Helmus, Dalia Dassa Kaye
Oct 14, 2009
ForeignPolicy.com
With much talk about how to
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Terrorism Threat Assessment
commentary
How a Decade of Terror Changed America
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins
Dec 30, 2009
AOL News
Two foiled airliner bombings bracket a decade that changed the world's understanding of terrorism as a new form of global warfare and has had profound ramifications we are still coming to grips with in the U.S., writes Brian Michael Jenkins.
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Nuclear Disarmament
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Punish Iran's Rulers, Not Its People
Alireza Nader
Dec 14, 2009
Foreign Policy
Time is running out for the U.S. to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear program. As the potential for a diplomatic solution wanes, the administration must consider what steps might dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program without punishing the Iranian people, writes Alireza Nader..
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Afghanistan
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Ends, Ways, and Means—the Debate We Still Need on Afghanistan
David E. Johnson @DaveJohnsonDC
Dec 9, 2009
RAND.org
When President Obama explained his decision to send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan to support General Stanley McChrystal's new counterinsurgency campaign, he left a key question unanswered: Will this be enough to achieve U.S. strategic ends in Afghanistan? writes David E. Johnson.
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Security Cooperation
commentary
Take the War to Pakistan
Seth G. Jones
Dec 4, 2009
The New York Times
The United States and Pakistan must target Taliban leaders in Baluchistan. There are several ways to do it, and none requires military forces, writes Seth G. Jones.
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Military Force Deployment
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Afghanistan: A Marathon, Not a Prize Fight
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins
Dec 1, 2009
RAND.org
President Obama's decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan reflects a nation deeply divided on the war. There are compelling arguments on both sides, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.
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Afghanistan
commentary
A False Promise of 'Counterinsurgency'
Celeste Gventer
Dec 1, 2009
NYTimes.com
If the additional troops President Obama has ordered sent to Afghanistan are intended to pursue a "population-centric counterinsurgency" campaign, as described in news reports about General McChrystal's thinking, then this decision is regrettable, writes Celeste Ward Gventer.
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Terrorism Threat Assessment
commentary
A Year After Mumbai, Lashkar's Threat Has Only Grown
Stephen Tankel
Nov 25, 2009
RAND.org
One year ago, 10 gunmen from a Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba laid siege to Mumbai. Lashkar's main enemy is India, but it has also waged a peripheral jihad against the United States and its allies since shortly after 9/11, writes Stephen Tankel.
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Afghanistan
commentary
When Generals and Ambassadors Feud
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Nov 13, 2009
Foreign Policy
In 2007 in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker set a model for civil-military collaboration: They never let daylight show between their positions. General McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry have diverged from this model, writes James Dobbins.
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Globalization
commentary
The Fall of the Wall: A World Restored?
Christopher S. Chivvis
Nov 10, 2009
CNN.com
The fall of the Berlin Wall retains its status as an epoch-making event inmodern world history, even as it passes from recent into truly historical memory, writes Christopher Chivvis.
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Afghanistan
commentary
Our Man in Kabul
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Nov 4, 2009
Foreign Affairs
The last thing Karzai, NATO, and the United States can afford is the emergence of a renewed northern alliance, writes James Dobbins.
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Nation Building
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Karzai's Second Term a Test for International Community
Terrence Kelly
Nov 2, 2009
RAND.org
Afghan President Hamid Karzai begins his second term with his country on the brink of chaos. To establish control, two major elements of reform are necessary, writes Terrence Kelly.
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commentary
Price of Intoxication: The Case for a Minimum Price for Alcohol
Lila Rabinovich
Oct 30, 2009
RAND.org
If ever there was a scheme that might reduce excessive alcohol consumption while causing minimal social and economic disruption, a minimum price on alcohol may be it, writes Lila Rabinovich.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Keeping Our Allies on Our Side in Afghanistan
Leo Michel, Robert E. Hunter
Oct 27, 2009
Los Angeles Times
'There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies," observed Winston Churchill in 1945, "and that is fighting without them." It's a truth worth recalling as the Obama administration nears crucial decisions on Afghanistan, write Leo Michel and Robert Hunter.
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International Diplomacy
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Biden's Task in Eastern Europe: Reassurance
F. Stephen Larrabee, Christopher S. Chivvis
Oct 20, 2009
The Christian Science Monitor
After the decision to cancel missile defense plans in Poland and the Czech Republic, the US needs to do more than damage control to soothe ties there, write F. Stephen Larrabee and Christopher Chivvis.
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commentary
Prime Numbers: Doped
Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer, Peter H. Reuter
Oct 19, 2009
Foreign Policy
The illicit drug trade is the ultimate value-added chain. As cocaine and heroin make their perilous journeys from the fields of Colombia and Afghanistan to markets in U.S. and European cities, each border crossed and each trafficker involved adds dollars to a price, write Beau Kilmer And Peter Reuter.
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2009

Fighting Terror the Cold War Way

How a Decade of Terror Changed America

Punish Iran's Rulers, Not Its People

Ends, Ways, and Means—the Debate We Still Need on Afghanistan

Take the War to Pakistan

Afghanistan: A Marathon, Not a Prize Fight

A False Promise of 'Counterinsurgency'

A Year After Mumbai, Lashkar's Threat Has Only Grown

When Generals and Ambassadors Feud

The Fall of the Wall: A World Restored?

Our Man in Kabul

Karzai's Second Term a Test for International Community

Price of Intoxication: The Case for a Minimum Price for Alcohol

Keeping Our Allies on Our Side in Afghanistan

Biden's Task in Eastern Europe: Reassurance

Prime Numbers: Doped

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