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I Don’t Get Stephen Walt’s Complaint About Counterinsurgency

November 16, 2009 – 11:28 pm

Yes, I understand his concern that we are supposedly basing our military strategy “on two enormous blunders,” but irrespective of whether blunders were committed, counterinsurgency doctrine had to be learned by the United States military, and is now being put to good effect in Iraq.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Al Qaeda, Counterinsurgency, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Iraq, National Security, Stephen Walt, Terrorism, War | Comments

Afghanistan: Back To Square One

November 12, 2009 – 1:54 pm

This is getting ridiculous:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Counterinsurgency, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Karl Eikenberry, National Security, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Robert Gates, Stanley McChrystal, surge, War | Comments

The Gulf Between Robert Gates And The Obama Administration

November 9, 2009 – 9:48 pm

It is reflected in the following passage from this profile by Michael Crowley:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, National Security, Obama Administration, Robert Gates, War | Comments

Berlin and the Case of the Missing President

November 9, 2009 – 8:13 am

After all his talk of outreach on the global stage, the President’s failure to attend the celebrations of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is of a piece with his refusal to use the power of the Presidency to advance political liberties around the world.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged anniversary, Barack Obama, Berlin Wall, Dalai Lama, Germany, Iran, realist, Ronald Reagan | Comments

Why Is Hillary Clinton Secretary Of State?

November 5, 2009 – 12:40 pm

The question is a pressing one:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Middle East, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Palestinians | Comments

The White House Doesn’t Get Afghanistan

November 3, 2009 – 9:35 am

In the aftermath of Abdullah Abdullah’s withdrawal from the second round of the presidential race in Afghanistan, we get the following from the Obama Administration:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, General Stanley McChrystal, Hamid Karzai, National Security, Obama Administration, Pakistan, War, Who Lost Afghanistan? | Comments

The Afghan Non-Election

November 1, 2009 – 6:05 pm

Whatever else the official line from various governments–including our own–might be, the fact of the matter is that the withdrawal of Abdullah Abdullah from the second round of presidential voting in Afghanistan means less legitimacy for the Afghan government.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, General Stanley McChrystal, Hamid Karzai, National Security, Obama Administration, Pakistan, War, Who Lost Afghanistan? | Comments

Pakistan

October 28, 2009 – 9:13 am

The tragedy unfolding in the country presents a ridiculously complex challenge for the Obama Administration; one that can’t be solved with any policy silver bullets. As if the politics of the country were not bedeviling enough, violence in Pakistan has skyrocketed to tremendous levels:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, National Security, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Taliban, War | Comments

Jamie Fly Is Right

October 20, 2009 – 7:51 am

John Kerry was for supporting the war in Afghanistan . . . before he was against it.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, John Kerry, National Security, Obama Administration, Taliban, Terrorism, War | Comments

Abandoning Afghanistan

October 18, 2009 – 5:48 pm

Via e-mail from Dan Spencer comes evidence that the Obama Administration is going to let Afghanistan twist in the wind:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, FoxNews, National Security, Obama Administration, War | Comments

Tag Archives: Afghanistan

I Don’t Get Stephen Walt’s Complaint About Counterinsurgency

Afghanistan: Back To Square One

The Gulf Between Robert Gates And The Obama Administration

Berlin and the Case of the Missing President

Why Is Hillary Clinton Secretary Of State?

The White House Doesn’t Get Afghanistan

The Afghan Non-Election

Pakistan

Jamie Fly Is Right

Abandoning Afghanistan

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