Farideh Farhi: Too Soon for a Breakthrough but Progress Possible for Iran Nuclear Talks
March 17th, 2013 | by Jasmin Ramsey
by Jasmin Ramsey Ahead of the technical-level nuclear talks that will take place in Istanbul on March 18 and the
Browsing the "Afghanistan" Tag
Groups Decry Obama’s Failure to Close Guantanamo
January 3rd, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
via IPS News Human rights groups are denouncing President Barack Obama’s failure to veto a defence bill that will make
Afghanistan Today
December 29th, 2012 | by Jasmin Ramsey
This pretty much says it all, no? Col. Babagul Aamal is a proud veteran of 28 years in the Afghan
Sucking Up to the Military Brass
November 29th, 2012 | by Tom Engelhardt
Generals Who Run Amuck, Politicians Who Could Care Less, an “Embedded” Media… And Us By William J. Astore via Tom
Despite 2009 “Surge” Taliban Remains Force to be Reckoned with in Afghanistan
November 20th, 2012 | by Jasmin Ramsey
Foreign Policy’s Stephen Walt highlights a chart by Belfer Center fellow Matt Waldman showing that as the US-led 2009 “Surge” in Afghanistan proceeded,
Broadwell Defended Petraeus’ Village Destruction Policy
November 15th, 2012 | by Gareth Porter
via IPS News Paula Broadwell, whose affair with Gen. David Petraeus brought his career to a sudden end last week,
America Begins Nation-Building at Home
November 15th, 2012 | by Tom Engelhardt
(Provided Your Home is the Middle East) By Nick Turse via Tom Dispatch A billion dollars from the federal government: that kind
Petraeus’ Failed Legacy of Nation-Building in Afghanistan
November 14th, 2012 | by Jasmin Ramsey
Further to Jeremy Scahill’s reporting on General David Petraeus’s impact on the CIA is a post at the Afghanistan Study
David Petraeus and the Militarization of the CIA
November 14th, 2012 | by Jasmin Ramsey
The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill injects some badly needed context into the media frenzy over David Petraeus’s CIA resignation by examining the
Drones and COIN, Post-Petraeus
November 14th, 2012 | by Guest
By Paul Mutter In what is sure to be one of the most glaringly obvious headlines written about the General
Also by Jim Lobe- Nuclear Iran Unlikely to Tilt Regional Power Balance – Report
- Nuclear Iran Can Be Contained and Deterred: Report
- Pluralities of Israelis, Palestinians Want Stronger U.S. Peace Role
- Hope, Scepticism Over U.S.-Russian Accord on Syria Conference
- Decade After Iraq, Right-Wing and Liberal Hawks Reunite Over Syria
- Obama Seen Unlikely to Sharply Escalate Intervention in Syria
- As Hunger Strike Spreads, Obama Again Denounces Guantanamo
- More Diplomacy, Less Pressure Needed for Iran Settlement – Report
- Urgent Need for Political Reform in Mali as French Depart: Report
- Obama Requests Modest Bump in Foreign Aid
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