Afghanistan

Order from Chaos

Keep troop levels steady in Afghanistan

John R. Allen and other former senior U.S. officials

Monday, June 6, 2016

Report

Blood and faith in Afghanistan: A June 2016 update

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Order from Chaos

What might the drone strike against Mullah Mansour mean for the counterinsurgency endgame?

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Bradley S. Porter

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Order from Chaos

Don’t hold back on fighting the Taliban

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, May 23, 2016

Reports

Report

Local orders and international engagement in South Asia

Matthew J. Nelson

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Report

Improving Afghanistan Policy

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 11, 2016

Report

The dubious joys of standing up militias and building partner capacity: Lessons from Afghanistan and Mexico for prosecuting security policy through proxies

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Report

DDR in the Context of Offensive Military Operations, Counterterrorism, CVE and Non-Permissive Environments: Key Questions, Challenges, and Considerations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Report

Blood and hope in Afghanistan: A June 2015 update

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Blog Posts

Markaz

Why the United States hasn’t intervened in Syria

Steven Heydemann

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Order from Chaos

Glass half full? Obama’s judicious foreign policy record

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, March 11, 2016

Order from Chaos

The case for reinvigorating U.S. efforts in Afghanistan

Anna Newby

Thursday, January 21, 2016

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Events

2015

Aug

Past Event

The state of Afghanistan and prospects for the future: A discussion with General John Campbell

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Afghanistan: A mid-2015 assessment

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

An Alan and Jane Batkin International Leaders Forum with Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Related Books

What We Won

By Bruce Riedel

2014

Afghan Lessons

By Fernando Gentilini

2013

Aspiration and Ambivalence

By Vanda Felbab-Brown; Foreword by Bruce Riedel

2012

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Global Challenges

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Fred Dews

Friday, February 14, 2014

Podcast Episode

@ Brookings Podcast: Counterinsurgency and State-Building in Afghanistan after 2014

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, December 10, 2012

Podcast Episode

@ Brookings Podcast: The Path to Progress in the Middle East

Bruce Riedel

Friday, May 25, 2012

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Afghanistan

Keep troop levels steady in Afghanistan

Blood and faith in Afghanistan: A June 2016 update

What might the drone strike against Mullah Mansour mean for the counterinsurgency endgame?

Don’t hold back on fighting the Taliban

Reports

Local orders and international engagement in South Asia

Improving Afghanistan Policy

The dubious joys of standing up militias and building partner capacity: Lessons from Afghanistan and Mexico for prosecuting security policy through proxies

DDR in the Context of Offensive Military Operations, Counterterrorism, CVE and Non-Permissive Environments: Key Questions, Challenges, and Considerations

Blood and hope in Afghanistan: A June 2015 update

Blog Posts

Why the United States hasn’t intervened in Syria

Glass half full? Obama’s judicious foreign policy record

The case for reinvigorating U.S. efforts in Afghanistan

Events

The state of Afghanistan and prospects for the future: A discussion with General John Campbell

Afghanistan: A mid-2015 assessment

An Alan and Jane Batkin International Leaders Forum with Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah

Related Books

What We Won

Afghan Lessons

Aspiration and Ambivalence

Multimedia

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Global Challenges

@ Brookings Podcast: Counterinsurgency and State-Building in Afghanistan after 2014

@ Brookings Podcast: The Path to Progress in the Middle East

More on Afghanistan

The hit on the Taliban leader sent a signal to Pakistan

High and low politics in Afghanistan: The terrorism-drugs nexus and what can be done about it

“They are riding a tiger that they cannot control”: Pakistan and the future of Afghanistan

Afghanistan in 2016: Still vital interests, still reasons for hope

Highlight reel: Some of Brookings’s best foreign policy pieces of 2015

Now is not the time to abandon Afghanistan