Security Jam 2012: Make Your Recommendations to the World Leaders!
We have entered the fifth and last day of the Security Jam (organized by the Security and Defense Agenda), with log-ins from over 110 countries. Day 5 of the Jam will be focusing on concrete...
View ArticleWhat Did We Learn from Jamming? (Part 1)
Here are some interesting facts from Security Jam 2012: -over 16,000 logins -3,000 posts -more than 400 threads -8 thematic forums Based on the above figures, it is safe to say that Security Jam 2012...
View ArticleWhat Did We Learn From Jamming? (Part 2)
This is the second part of the ISN report on Security Jam 2012 presenting the most interesting ideas discussed in last four forums. You can find the first part here. Facing the Cyber-Challenge...
View ArticleThe Afghan Endgame Mirage
STOCKHOLM – On a recent visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan, I could not fail to notice the increasingly frequent international calls for an “endgame” in Afghanistan. But an endgame for that country is a...
View ArticleWhat Are Security Professionals Thinking?
From Monday the 19th to Friday the 23rd of March, our partners at the Security and Defense Agenda (SDA) organized Security Jam 2012. Over the course of these five days, thousands of experts,...
View ArticleRegional Cooperation in Afghanistan: What Makes the Heart of Asia Beat?
The new grand bargain went into its next round. On 14 June 2012 the Heart of Asia group gathered in Kabul to push forward the Istanbul Process on Regional Security and Cooperation for a Secure and...
View ArticleChina’s Afghan Game Plan
MADRID – In his latest book, On China, Henry Kissinger uses the traditional intellectual games favored by China and the West – weiqi and chess – as a way to reveal their differing attitudes toward...
View ArticleAfghans Show Restraint Over Anti-Islam Film
Afghanistan blocked access to YouTube for the first time on September 12, 2012 after the trailer for the highly-controversial film the highly-controversial film the Innocence of Muslims was...
View ArticleAfghanistan Post-2014: Will the Dark Days Return?
October 7th marked the 11th anniversary of the United States-led war in Afghanistan. International combat forces are due to leave the country at the end of 2014, yet the war has remained “mission...
View ArticleIs Afghanistan a Sinking Boat? Anxiety about the 2014 Withdrawal
The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by 2014 has been the central foreign policy issue of both of Obama’s Presidential campaigns. American citizens seem to generally support the initiative,...
View ArticleWhat Afghans Want From the West
The date of the withdrawal of most of Western forces from Afghanistan is approaching but the war and the state of the war in Afghanistan continue. The US consolidates its strategic military bases in...
View ArticleLeveling the Afghan Playing Field
NEW YORK – Afghanistan’s security and political situation remains plagued by uncertainty, stemming from the withdrawal of United States and NATO combat troops, the upcoming presidential election, and...
View ArticleThe Afghan Muddle
NEW DELHI – Despite some last-minute brinkmanship by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the United States and Afghanistan seem to have worked out a bilateral security agreement to govern the 8,000-10,000...
View ArticleIndia: Jostling for Geopolitical Control in Afghanistan
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by openSecurity on 27 March 2014. There is increasing anxiety among stakeholders as US forces prepare for a drawdown in Afghanistan by the end of...
View ArticleBook Review: Waging Gendered Wars
This article was originally published by USApp – American Politics and Policy, a blog hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have engendered...
View ArticleCan Afghanistan’s Unity Government Be Built to Govern?
This article was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 2 October, 2014. The transfer of power on September 29 from President Hamid Karzai to his successor Ashraf Ghani was momentous but...
View ArticleMilitant Attack and Support Zones in Afghanistan: April – September 2015...
This report was originally published by the Institute for the Study of War on 7 August, 2015. Taliban elements and other militant groups are conducting operations across Afghanistan, including...
View ArticleJust Because We Look Away, The War in Afghanistan is Not Over
This article was originally published by the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) on 13 January 2017. Recent developments herald a troubled year for the Afghans During 2015 and 2016, the...
View ArticleAmbling Blindly Back into the Mountains: 5 Hard Questions for the Next Phase...
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 23 February 2017. Gen. John Nicholson, who commands the American-led international military force in Afghanistan, recently made headlines...
View ArticleIs President Trump’s Foreign Policy Shaping Up?
This article was originally published by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) on 20 April 2017. April has been an eventful month geopolitically so far. President Trump carried out a...
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