Afghanistan

Members of a Taliban delegation, led by chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C, front), leave after peace talks with Afghan senior politicians in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina - RC1C12362C10

Order from Chaos

Is the Afghanistan deal a good one?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, August 16, 2019

road warriors

Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad

By Daniel L. Byman

2019

An End to the “Endless War?” Prospects for Stability and Reconciliation in Afghanistan

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM AST

DATE IMPORTED: February 06, 2019 Soldiers attached to the 101st Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade, Iowa National Guard and 10th Mountain, 2-14 Infantry Battalion, load onto a Chinook helicopter to head out on a mission in Afghanistan, January 15, 2019. 1st Lt. Verniccia Ford/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Afghanistan

Up for debate: US Afghanistan policy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Reports

Afghan police special forces take part in a military exercise in Logar province, Afghanistan November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC111F4719E0

Afghanistan

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

Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2019

U.S. President Trump delivers first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington

State of the Union 2018

Brookings experts on Trump’s first State of the Union

Thursday, February 1, 2018

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

Afghanistan

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

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

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

Afghanistan affectations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

April 2017

Blog Posts

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Order from Chaos

Amid peace talks, what’s next for Afghanistan?

Adam Twardowski

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Soviet tanks roll homeward from Afghanistan October 17, 1986. REUTERS/Stringer BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - GF2E51A0SKE03

Order from Chaos

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

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attend a meeting during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Dalder - RC138C945240

Order from Chaos

The new Afghanistan will be built on ceasefire solutions and Taliban trade-offs

Christopher D. Kolenda (Ret. Col.) and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

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Events

The future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

CANCELLED – The future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Emerging Voices Network Reception with Gareth Bayley, U.K. Special Representative on Pakistan and Afghanistan

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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2014

Afghan Lessons

By Fernando Gentilini

2013

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By Vanda Felbab-Brown; Foreword by Bruce Riedel

2012

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