Afghanistan

America’s longest war: The state of affairs in Afghanistan

Monday, Dec 16, 2019 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

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Order from Chaos

In 6 charts, see what Americans really think about US policy toward Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

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Order from Chaos

Imran Khan’s incomplete narrative on the Taliban

Monday, October 14, 2019

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan after Mattis: A revised strategy to focus on counterterrorism and the Afghan Security Forces

Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2019

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

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Afghanistan

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy: Hopes and pitfalls

Vanda Felbab-Brown

September 2017

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Afghanistan

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

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan affectations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

April 2017

Blog Posts

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Order from Chaos

Is the Afghanistan deal a good one?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, August 16, 2019

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Order from Chaos

Amid peace talks, what’s next for Afghanistan?

Adam Twardowski

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

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Order from Chaos

How bad judgement calls brought a chain of blunders: Soviet responses to the Iranian revolution

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