Resources on Afghanistan
March 21, 2012
Recent media reports indicate the Obama administration is considering further withdrawals of U.S. troops from Afghanistan at a steeper rate than it has previously indicated. General John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan and NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), rejected those reports during his testimony before the House Armed Services Committee yesterday, but it nonetheless appears that there is strong political pressure in favor of an accelerated drawdown.
The Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) is closely monitoring the situation in Afghanistan, and believes that the number of U.S. and allied troops there must be kept at as high as possible, for as long as possible, in advance of the 2014 transition of lead responsibility to Afghanistan. The following videos, op-eds, and blog posts can help policymakers assess the situation in Afghanistan, and make clear the need for fully-resourcing America’s counter-insurgency mission there.
FPI Resources
- Reclaiming the Moral Case for Afghanistan – FPI Executive Director Jamie Fly – Commentary – April 2012
- [Video] – FPI Director Dan Senor discussed the situation in Afghanistan on Morning Joe on MSNBC – MSNBC’s Morning Joe – February 27, 2012
- [Video] – FPI Director William Kristol discussed the situation in Afghanistan on Fox News Sunday – Fox News Sunday – February 26, 2012
- [Event] – Assessing Progress in Afghanistan – Foreign Policy Initiative – February 22, 2012
- Retreat – But Whose?– FPI Executive Director Jamie Fly – National Review – December 7, 2011
- Losing Afghanistan?– FPI Executive Director Jamie Fly and Gary Schmitt – The Weekly Standard – December 3, 2011
- [Audio] – FPI Podcast Episode 2: Elise Stefanik Interviews Jamie Fly on Afghanistan– Foreign Policy Initiative – November 17, 2011
- Don’t Come Home, America – FPI Director Robert Kagan – The Weekly Standard – June 25, 2011
- Why the Summer of 2012?– FPI Director William Kristol – The Weekly Standard Blog – June 23, 2011
- FPI Fact Sheet: Success in Afghanistan is Critical to Prevailing in the War on Terror– Foreign Policy Initiative – June 23, 2011
Additional Resources
- [Hearing] – Recent Developments in Afghanistan – House Armed Services Committee – March 20, 2012
- The Good News in Afghanistan Should Come From President Obama – Editorial – Washington Post – March 20, 2012
- Afghanistan Campaign Is Far From Finished – Jeffrey Dressler – Roll Call – March 20, 2012
- Thoughts on Today’s Armed Services Committee Hearing with Gen. Allen – Jeffrey Dressler – The Weekly Standard Blog – March 20, 2012
- Afghanistan War’s Exit Strategy – Rep. Buck McKeon – Politico – March 19, 2012
- Five Disasters We’ll Face if U.S. Retreats from Afghanistan – Marc Thiessen – Washington Post – March 19, 2012
- Afghan Retreat, Cont. – Editorial – Wall Street Journal (subscription required) – March 17, 2012
- Don’t Go Wobbly – Max Boot – The Weekly Standard – March 17, 2012
- The Fight for Eastern Afghanistan – Isaac Hock – Institute for the Study of War – March 15, 2012
- U.S.-Afghan Strategic Agreement – Paraag Shukla – Institute for the Study of War – March 15, 2012
- The Perils of Retreat– Editorial – Wall Street Journal (subscription required) – March 13, 2012
- Obama’s Troubled Handling of Afghanistan – Editorial – Washington Post – March 13, 2012
- Mission Incomplete – Michael O’Hanlon and Bruce Riedel – Foreign Policy – March 13, 2012
- How to get Afghans to Trust us Once Again– Maj. Fernando Lujan (USA) – Washington Post – March 2, 2012
- Afghans Don’t Hate America– Max Boot – Wall Street Journal (subscription required) – February 28, 2012
- More Afghan Cuts, More War– Max Boot – Los Angeles Times – February 24, 2012
- Courting Disaster in Afghanistan– Frederick and Kimberly Kagan – The Weekly Standard Blog – February 1, 2012
- The Three Futures for Afghanistan– Zalmay Khalilzad – Foreign Affairs’ Snapshots – December 16, 2011
- The Case for Continuing the Counterinsurgency Campaign In Afghanistan– Frederick and Kimberly Kagan – Foreign Affairs’ Snapshots – December 16, 2011
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