Vanda Felbab-Brown

DATE IMPORTED: September 23, 2012 A Ugandan soldier from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) watches as defected members of Islamist militant group al Shabaab walk after giving themselves up to the African Union AMISOM forces in Garsale, approximately 10km from the town of Jowhar, 80km north of Mogadishu, in this September 22, 2012 handout picture made available by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team on September 23, 2012. Islamist rebels said they shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Saturday and threatened to kill every legislator in the country. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) force said, however, there were signs of deepening internal rifts within al Shabaab. More than 200 rebels defected near the town of Jowhar on Saturday, AMISOM said. REUTERS/AU-UN IST/Abukar Albadri/Handout (SOMALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

The hard, hot, dusty road to accountability, reconciliation, and peace in Somalia

Vanda Felbab-Brown

May 2018

DATE IMPORTED: June 15, 2017 Members of the local militia, otherwise known as CJTF, sit in the back of a truck during a patrol in the city of Maiduguri, northern Nigeria June 9, 2017. Picture taken June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye.

“In Nigeria, we don’t want them back”

Vanda Felbab-Brown

May 2018

U.S. troops walk from a Chinook helicopter in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RC1D627487C0

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy: Hopes and pitfalls

Vanda Felbab-Brown

September 2017

A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company looks out as an evening storm gathers above an outpost near Kunjak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 22, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2K2IW

Rightsizing expectations: U.S. policy options for Afghanistan

John R. Allen, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Tanvi Madan, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce Jones

July 2017

Afghan security forces take position during a gun battle between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Laghman province, Afghanistan March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Parwiz - RTS10ZG8

Afghanistan affectations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

April 2017

DATE IMPORTED:November 27, 2015A miner sits in a mine as he searches for jade stones at Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar, November 27, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Myanmar maneuvers

Vanda Felbab-Brown

April 2017

DATE IMPORTED:April 10, 2004AN OPIUM FARMER STARES OUT AT HIS CROP AS OFFICIALS ERADICATE THE POPPY FIELD USING TRACTORS IN KANDAHAR. Masoom Aga (R), an opium farmer, stares out at his crop as officials eradicate his poppy field using tractors near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar April 10, 2004. Afghan President Hamid Karzai recently called for a holy war against drugs in Afghanistan, said to be responsible for more than 75 per cent of the world's heroin. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

The hellish road to good intentions

Vanda Felbab-Brown

April 2017

People crowd around a water tanker to fill their buckets and pots in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad May 11, 2006. At least 27 people have died in India from scorching weather, officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RTR1DA14

Water theft and water smuggling

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2017

The flag of Mexico changes in front of a large U.S. flag in front of the New York Stock Exchange September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RTX1R4GU

U.S.-Mexican relations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment speak with Afghan National Army soldiers about their logistics while on an advising mission at the Afghan National Army headquarters for the 203rd Corps in the Paktia province of Afghanistan December 21, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR4IUML

Forging an enduring partnership with Afghanistan

Ambassador James B. Cunningham, Ambassador James Dobbins, Bruce Riedel, Clare Lockhart, David H. Petraeus, David Sedney, Ambassador Earl Anthony “Tony” Wayne, General John F. Campbell, General Stanley McChrystal, John R. Allen, Lt. Gen. David Barno, USA (Ret.), Marc Grossman, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Robert Finn, Ronald E. Neumann, Ryan Crocker, Seth Jones, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Zalmay Khalilzad

Thursday, October 6, 2016