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Topic(s): Afghanistan, South Asia

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CIC's Barnett Rubin Addresses Arria-Formula Meeting on Afghanistan at the Security Council

CIC, Barnett Rubin, Arria-Formula, Afghanistan

At the most recent Arria-formula meeting on Afghanistan on November 27, 2017, Barnett Rubin spoke on the importance of regional approaches in fostering development and peace. In his talk, Partners for Afghanistan: Linking Security, Development and Peace in the Central Asian Region.

Publication Date: Nov 28, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: China, Central Asia, South Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

President Trump Announces Afghanistan Strategy

U.S. President Donald Trump recently gave a speech on "the path forward" in Afghanistan and South Asia. President Trump ordered the deployment of about 4,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. The decision follows months of deliberation within the Trump administration, involving top military commanders, political advisers and even enlisted veterans of the nearly 16-year war.

Publication Date: Sep 08, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Trump locks America into its forever war

There is surely no greater sign of the bankruptcy of U.S. foreign policy than its Afghanistan policy. After more than 15 years of war and the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops, a new president entered the Oval Office poised to fundamentally change that policy. Within months he presented, with great fanfare, a continuation of the same.

Publication Date: Aug 24, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: United States, South Asia, Afghanistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, South Asia

A Discussion on US-Afghan Relations

Park Church Co-Op Presents: A Discussion on US-Afghanistan Relations

Guest Speaker: Said Sabir Ibrahimi, Research Associate, New York University’s Center on International Cooperation

Event Date: Sep 14, 2017

Author(s): Said Sabir Ibrahimi

Region/Country: South Asia, Afghanistan

Topic(s): South Asia

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

For Help in America’s Longest War, Trump Tilts Political Balance Toward India Over Pakistan

Three American presidents have spent nearly 16 years alternately cajoling, coaxing, threatening and bombing Pakistan, all with a goal of trying to change the Pakistani government’s decisions about the factions it supports in Afghanistan’s desperate civil war.

Publication Date: Aug 23, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: United States, South Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan, Transnational Threats

In Afghanistan, U.S. Still Needs a Plan to Win the Peace

As the Trump administration completes its review of policy on Afghanistan and South Asia, public debate is focused on the war’s military component, including President Trump’s decision to delegate decisions on troop levels to the Pentagon. Yet a few thousand more troops alone will be insufficient to end the war. A security plan, including the anticipated troop increase, must be combined with a political strategy that addresses Afghan domestic and regional factors fueling the war.

Publication Date: Jul 13, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: United States, South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Humanitarian Crises

Afghanistan and Considerations of Supply

Carl von Clausewitz observed, “There is nothing more common than to find considerations of supply affecting the strategic lines of a campaign and a war.”

Publication Date: Jul 11, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: Central Asia, United States, South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Crises, Humanitarian Crises, Pakistan, South Asia

Trump ponders crackdown on Pakistan over terror ties despite experts' warnings

As US mulls strategy over country’s support for terrorist groups in Afghanistan, experts say tougher stance could drive Pakistan toward China and Russia

Publication Date: Jun 27, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Sune Engel Rasmussen, Julian Borger, Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: United States, South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Beyond Stalemate in Afghanistan

To understand why the United States is stalemated in Afghanistan, one needs only read the testimony of General John W. Nicholson, Commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan, before the Senate Armed Services Committee on February 9, 2017. General Nicholson discussed the number and disposition of troops that might improve the terms of the current stalemate. This is the one factor General Nicholson can affect. Despite the tremendous sacrifices it will entail from the Afghan forces, it has little bearing on the war’s outcome.

Publication Date: Jun 23, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Fragile States, Pakistan, South Asia

Trump considering sending more troops to Afghanistan

Barnett Rubin speaks with Hari Sreenivasan of PBS Newshour about the potential deployment of troops to Afghanistan. A transcript of the interview is provided below.

Publication Date: May 28, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: United States, South Asia, Afghanistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Humanitarian Crises, International Security, South Asia