What lessons can be learned about Afghanistan from the country’s past modernization efforts?
Opium-Addicted Children: Paying a Heavy Price for the Afghan War
How can years of war doom generations of children to a miserable life?
Drones: Backfiring on U.S. Strategy
Do drone attacks violate international humanitarian law?
Afghanistan for Afghans: The West's End Game Is Promoting Governance
What is the United States hoping will be the end result of its mission in Afghanistan?
Bin Laden and Mullah Omar: No Brothers in Arms
Would the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan really mean the next coming of al Qaeda?
The Global Take on Corruption, 2000-2009
Does corruption inhibit economic development — or is it just the cost of doing business?
Why Afghanistan Is Lost
Will 30,000 additional U.S. troops help President Obama turn the tide in Afghanistan?
The Cold War, 20 Years Later
How does the Cold War's legacy endure 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Kerry’s Rookie Mistake?
Is the Obama Administration grooming John Kerry to be the next U.S. Secretary of State?
Afghanistan, Vietnam and Realism
Is President Obama’s best bet in Afghanistan to make deals with the country’s principal tribal chiefs?























