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Pakistan Sees Afghanistan Through India’s Lens

In this op-ed for TOLOnews, CIC Research Associate Said Sabir Ibrahimi argues that Pakistan has a crucial role to play in US-Afghanistan peace negotiations.

"India’s presence in Afghanistan has triggered the feeling of encirclement for Pakistan but Kabul and Delhi have been cautious and have not entered greater security cooperation," he writes. "Undoubtedly, internal political dynamics are key to the success of peacemaking efforts in Afghanistan but the role of neighbors, in particular Pakistan’s policy toward the country, remains equally crucial."

Publication Date: Dec 06, 2019

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Said Sabir Ibrahimi

Region/Country: Afghanistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan

Otoño caliente en Afganistán

CIC Research Associate Said Sabir Ibrahimi was quoted in El Periódico about the peace negotiations with Taliban in Afghanistan.

"The Taliban never accepted a ceasefire," Ibrahimi said. "If an agreement had been signed in Doha, we would not know what would have happened between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Really ending the war would have needed much more. There has been no dialogue between the different Afghan factions. "

Publication Date: Sep 27, 2019

Region/Country: Afghanistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan

Why Trump Called Off The Taliban Talks: Negotiating Tactic, Washington Pressure, Or Showmanship?

Barnett Rubin, Associate Director of CIC's Afghanistan Pakistan Regional Project, spoke with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty about about President Trump's decision regarding peace negotiations with the Taliban.

Read the full article on RFE/RL's Ghandara site here.

Publication Date: Sep 10, 2019

Region/Country: Afghanistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan

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