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1 online resource (23 pages) : map (digital, PDF file) |
Contents |
Summary, -- Introduction. -- The Coalition's shrunken space. -- The insurgency. -- Conclusion: the missing link. -- Notes. -- About the author. -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
Summary |
A combination of two critical problems threatens to undermine the mission of the United States-led coalition in Afghanistan: the failure of the counterinsurgency strategy and a disconnect between political objectives and military operations. If anything, the current strategy is making a political solution less likely, notably because it is antagonizing Pakistan without containing the rise of the armed opposition. That has put the coalition in a paradoxical situation, in which it is being weakened militarily by a non-negotiated and inevitable withdrawal while at the same time alienating potential negotiating partners. The Obama administration has made new appointments to head the defense and intelligence agencies, and, in Afghanistan, has installed a new leadership to oversee U.S. military forces and named a new ambassador. The U.S. administration must take advantage of these appointments to establish greater coherence in both policy and operations |
Notes |
June 2011 |
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"South Asia." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-22) |
Notes |
Title from PDF title screen (viewed on June 24, 2011) |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader |
Subject |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Peace
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Disengagement (Military science)
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Postwar reconstruction -- Afghanistan
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Insurgency -- Afghanistan
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Terrorists -- Pakistan
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Disengagement (Military science)
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Insurgency.
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Military policy.
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Peace.
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Postwar reconstruction.
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International relations.
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Terrorists.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
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United States -- Relations -- Pakistan
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Subject |
Afghanistan.
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Pakistan.
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United States.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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