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Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

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

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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

China-India-US cooperation in Afghanistan could have huge potential

India’s decision to boycott China’s Belt and Road Forum has reinvigorated the much-needed debate on the strategic relationship between the two Asian giants. This debate comes on the heels of the February 23, 2017 India-China Strategic Dialogue in Beijing, where the two states found, among their divergences, a convergence on Afghanistan that contradicts some of Delhi’s received wisdom.

Publication Date: May 26, 2017

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

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

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia

The "Graveyard Of Empires"

CNN's Fareed Zakaria in a recent report on the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan highlights Barnett Rubin's War on the Rocks article "It's much bigger than Afghanistan: U.S. strategy for a transformed Region".

Publication Date: May 02, 2017

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

Region/Country: China, Middle East, South Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Crises, Humanitarian Crises

It's Much Bigger Than Afghanistan: U.S. Strategy for a Transformed Region

Whether launching a few missiles at a Syrian air base, sailing an aircraft carrier toward North Korea (or not), dropping MOAB, or sending more troops to Afghanistan, tactical demonstrations of U.S. strength not tied to strategic objectives sooner rather than later deteriorate into bloody demonstrations of futility.

Publication Date: Apr 25, 2017

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

Region/Country: China, United States, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Emerging Powers, International Security, South Asia

China benefits from nuclear disorder

China’s proliferation activities vis-à-vis Pakistan and North Korea have been unmasked on several occasions both before and after Beijing joined the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1992

Publication Date: Mar 27, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): WPS Sidhu

Region/Country: China, East Asia, South Asia, Pakistan

Topic(s): Pakistan, South Asia

The Strategic Chain: Linking Pakistan, India, China, and the United States

Considerable policy analysis has been devoted to bilateral strategic relationships between Pakistan and India, India and China, and China and the United States. But the strategic dynamics among these four nuclear powers cannot be understood or effectively addressed on a strictly bilateral basis. While Pakistan responds strategically to India, India responds both to Pakistan and China, which in turn responds both to India and the United States.

Publication Date: Mar 02, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Robert Einhorn, WPS Sidhu

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

Topic(s): India, Pakistan, South Asia

Security and Development Along the Belt and Road Initiative

On December 17, 2016 Barnett Rubin made a presentation on the subject of “Security and Development Along the Belt and Road Initiative” at a conference hosted by the Belt and Road Building and Central Asian Studies Institute of Shaanxi Normal University in Xi’an, China.

Publication Date: Dec 17, 2016

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

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

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan

Things Change

On December 16, 2016, President Obama, speaking at his last White House press conference, suggested to Donald Trump that, “Since there's only one president at a time,” the president-elect should wait “before he starts having a lot of interactions with foreign governments other than the usual courtesy calls.”

Publication Date: Jan 14, 2017

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

Region/Country: South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan

Afghanistan's Road to Self Reliance

Dr. Barnett Rubin recently gave a keynote speech entitled "Afghanistan's Road to Self Reliance" to the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan in Stockholm, Sweden on 9 December 2016. A video and summary of the speech is available below.

Publication Date: Jan 05, 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

Afghanistan: The Road to Peace

Fifteen years have passed since the international community’s intervention in Afghanistan in 2001. Since the drawdown of international forces, Afghanistan has not been able to secure peace and stability. What are the principal domestic and regional factors that deter and enable achieving these objectives? How can the country move forward?