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Dealing With The Afghan Warlords IA Forum asks a group of experts: Given the many issues the US faces in stabilizing Afghanistan, a key issue is what to do with the warlords. In the winter edition of Foreign Affairs, Professor Georg... Read More...

IA-Forum Interview: David Kilcullen IA-Forum speaks with David Kilcullen about COIN theory and the conflict in Afghanistan. By Cynthia Iris (09/03/2010) Read More... 0 Comments |

Karzai Not Two Faced About War On Terrorism M. Ashraf Haidari, Political Counselor of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC., responds to Thomas L. Friedman statement that some countries in the region are "two-faced" in the war against t... Read More... 0 Comments |

It's the Afghan Economy, Stupid: Jobs and Development Will Defeat the Taliban M. Ashraf Haidari, political counselor of the Embassy of Afghanistan, argues that economic growth and development are the keys to driving out the Taliban from Afghanistan. By M. Ashraf Haidari. (07/... Read More...

Russia's Courtship of Silicon Valley In an interview with the consulting editor of CFR.org, George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies Stephen Sestanovich discusses Russia's projects for modernization, including t... Read More...

Iranian Elections Series IA-Forum Interview: Dr. Judith Yaphe As part of our series on the Iranian elections, IA-Forum speaks with Dr. Judith Yaphe (George Washington University). By Benjamin Linden. (IA-Forum, 04/25/2010) Read More... 0 Comments |

Iranian Elections Series IA Forum Interview: Dr. Clay Ramsay As part of our series on the Iranian elections, IA Forum speaks with Dr. Clay Ramsay (PIPA). By Benjamin Linden. (IA-Forum, 04/25/2010) Read More... 0 Comments |

Iranian Elections Series IA Forum Interview: Dr. Hossein Askari IA Forum speaks with Dr. Houssein Askari as part of a series on Iranian elections. By Benjamin Linden. (04/25/2010) Read More... 0 Comments |

Economic Superpower Sweepstakes: Can China Succeed Where Japan Failed? Winner of IA-Forum Winter 2009 Student Essay Competition. In examining China's potential as the world's economic superpower, author analyzes and compares Chinese and Japanese economies. By Ren Xiang... Read More... 0 Comments |

IA Forum Interview: Dr. Deborah Brautigam IA Forum speaks with Dr. Deborah Brautigam about her book The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of C... Read More... 0 Comments |

IA-Forum Interview: Mr. Karim Pakzad IA Forum speaks with Mr. Karim Pakzad (Institute for International and Strategic Relation, Paris, France) about the Iraqi elections. By Valentine Pasquesoone. (04/05/2010) Read More... 0 Comments |

IA-Forum Interview: Cleo Paskal IA-Forum speaks with Cleo Paskal about her book Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the W... Read More... 0 Comments |

Bilateral donors and aid conditionality in post-conflict peacebuilding Exploring the role of bilateral donors and conditional aid in Mozambique’s successful post-war peace process. By Carrie Manning and Monica Malbrough. (Journal of Modern African Studies - 2010) Read More...

Yemen: The Evolution of a Problem Mark N. Katz outlines the historical evolution of Yemen and analyzes how the U.S. and the E.U. can promote stability and security in this often trouble-prone country. Read More...

Blacklisted in Baghdad The recent ban of more than 500 candidates from Iraq's upcoming elections is designed to cement the power of the country's Shiite Islamists aligned with Iran. Will this latest sectarian rupture sink a... Read More...

Letter From Sana’a In Yemen, where political and tribal authorities compete, interest groups -- including al Qaeda’s regional offshoot, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- have begun to fill the voids. By James M. Dors... Read More...

Jewish Terrorism in Israel Avoiding the pitfalls that generally confront the study of terrorism -- either expressing outrage at such inhumane behavior or dismissing one man's terrorist as another man's freedom fighter -- author... Read More...

Frostbitten: Decoding the Cold War, 20 Years Later The magisterial Cambridge History of the Cold War views the Cold War as an undifferentiated chunk of history. But the conflict between the superpowers was just one strand of history in the middle and ... Read More...

Netanyahu and the sanctioning of Iran Thomas Evans asks why Israel looks unlikely to gain support for energy sanctions against Iran. (OpenDemocracy, 02/25/2010) Read More...

Warming Chad-Sudan Relations Necessary for Darfur Peace Efforts by the Chadian and Sudanese governments to mend their relations will only have a positive impact on the security situation in Darfur if each government takes positive steps to resolve their in... Read More...

Macedonia-Greece Issue Interview with Greek official about the Greek-Macedonia issues. (A1, 02/05/2010) Read More...

Financial Times 2009: A year of Middle East editorials Just Journalism’s latest report, ‘Financial Times 2009: A year of Middle East editorials’ analyses all 121 of the newspaper’s editorials relating to the Middle East last year, revealing a number of in... Read More...

Energy Security for Ukraine and Europe Jörg Himmelreich argues that free-market policies and improved transparency in the energy sector are critical for Ukraine's security and economy - and by extension, Europe's access to natural gas. Read More...

IA-Forum Interview: M. Ashraf Haidari IA Forum speaks with M. Ashraf Haidari, Political Counselor and Acting Defense Attaché of the Embassy of Afghanistan (Washington, DC) about The London Conference on Afghanistan. (01/27/2010) Read More... 0 Comments |

IA Forum Special Report - Climate Change, Cybersecurity IA Forum presents its latest special report featuring the trade-off between economic policy and climate change policy, insurgent groups, and cybersecurity. Read More...

A Still Darker Russia Russia’s future is as uncertain as ever, writes Arkady Ostrovsky. (The Economist, 12/28/2009) Read More...

Corruption in the Afghan Context Author analyzes governance in Afghanistan, corruption issues, and anti-corruption reform efforts. By Michael P. Cohn (12/23/2009) Read More... 0 Comments |

Iran and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): Counter- Hegemony as Common Purpose Authors examine Iranian membership in the Shanghai Cooperative Organization and potential effect on security. By Dr. Ali G. Dizboni, Dr. Amir M. Haji-Yousefi, and Greg Mcpherson. (12/19/2009) Read More... 0 Comments |

The Bearded Gentleman Rather than assassinate Iranian citizens abroad, which proved a constant irritant between Iran and host countries, the Islamic Republic has developed much more sophisticated mechanisms to control its ... Read More...

Money Can't Buy America Love Millions of dollars are being pumped into hearts and minds projects from Kabul to Kandahar. Trouble is, it's not working. And it might even be making things worse. By Andrew Wilder and Stuart Gordon. ... Read More...

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