Women in Jeopardy: Reconciliation in Afghanistan
Reconciliation between the Taliban and the Karzai government threatens to reverse much of the progress made by women in Afghanistan.
On the Newsstand:Afghanistan
U.S.-Turkey-Iran
The United States must reenergize U.S.-Turkey relations; if it does not, it runs the risk of potentially losing one of its greatest Middle Eastern allies.
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The Resexification of War?
Grave of the Fireflies and Apocalypse Now showed malnourished toddlers and heads on stakes; Call of Duty shows badass special ops troopers shooting terrorists and riding snowmobiles.
Known and Unknown: A Memoir
The title of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s memoirs–Known and Unknown–is appropriate of almost any position that requires making decisions based on predictions. In national security matters, especially during war-time as in Afghanistan and Iraq, there will be good intelligence and bad intelligence, and Clausewitz’s concept of ‘fog of war‘ can confuse even the most prescient of individuals. Rumsfeld’s memoir presents a well-researched defense of his decisions in the midst of that fog.
An Exercise in Non-Fiction
Sherbaz Mazari’s journey to disillusionment begins as early as 1948, after the creation of Pakistan. Hopes were running high and he was eager to serve his country when he took a group of tribesmen to fight for the liberation of Kashmir. Hearing stories of the Maharajah’s unlawful treaty granting the state to India and the oppression of Kashmiri Muslims, he gathered volunteers from the Mazari tribe and rode on horseback to the border of Kashmir to join the rebels.
Governor Gary Johnson
The former New Mexico governor and 2012 GOP presidential candidate on foreign policy
Getting It Right: Compromises We Need to Reduce the Deficit
What the Super Committee should have done.
Afghanistan in the Media
Media coverage of, interest in, and justification for America's longest-running war.
Chomsky on 9/11
Was there an alternative to that disastrous September day? A review of Chomsky's recent book.
Tad Devine: An American Abroad
An interview with political insider and IOP Resident Fellow Tad Devine.
Afghanistan Today
Seven HPR writers comment on the 10th anniversary of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.
Graveyard of Empires
With a timetable set for withdrawal of U.S. troops by 2015, 'victory' isn't close to being a reality.
Hearts and Minds
It's apparent that even the people who are nominally on 'our side' aren't fully American allies.
The Big Stick and Its Growth Under President Obama
President Obama has been way more interventionist than Candidate Obama said he would be.
Sandra Korn and Jia Hui Lee: Mourning Has No Borders
September 11th was a national day of mourning for the United States, but Sandra Korn and Jia Hui Lee of the Crimson see the holiday of the 2001 terrorist attacks as having a much larger impact. The two assert that the day has global implications and that in remembering the events, one should not forget how they later changed the ... Read More
