With instability rising in Afghanistan, U.S. power in the region approaching its apex and Pakistan appearing increasingly hostile, this World Politics Review special report examines the Afghanistan War through articles published in the past year.
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Obama’s Fragile Afghanistan Strategy
By Nikolas Gvosdev
January 14, 2011
Long-Term U.S. Presence in Afghanistan a Mistake
By Thomas P.M. Barnett
April 25, 2011
Afghanistan, Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
By Nikolas Gvosdev
February 11, 2011
In Afghanistan, Time to Step Up Taliban Reintegration
By Aidan Kirby Winn
June 8, 2011
Prioritizing for the Post-Bin-Laden Era
By Nikolas Gvosdev
May 6, 2011
What Price Victory in Afghanistan?
By Robert Farley
August 10, 2011
Obama’s Afghanistan Course Correction
By Nikolas Gvosdev
June 24, 2011
U.S. Must Accommodate Pakistan’s Interests in Afghanistan
By Michael Cohen
January 14, 2011
No Shortcuts for Pakistan on Counterterrorism
By Ahmed Humayun
April 12, 2011
Confronting U.S. Misconceptions About Pakistan
By Michael Kugelman
May 19, 2011
Friends Like These: The U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Partnership
By Jeff M. Smith
May 3, 2011
Bin Laden’s Death Could Trigger U.S.-Pakistan Reset
By Richard Weitz
May 3, 2011
U.S.-Pakistan Alliance Under Increasing Strain
By Guy Taylor
April 26, 2011
Don’t Cut Civilian Aid to Pakistan
By Ahmed Humayun
August 15, 2011
U.S. Drawdown Raises Russia’s Fears on Afghan Narcotics
By Richard Weitz
July 26, 2011
Can Afghanistan’s Counternarcotics Efforts Survive NATO Withdrawal?
By Matthew C. DuPee
July 14, 2011
Russia’s ‘Return’ to Afghanistan
By Richard Weitz
January 25, 2011
U.S.-Russia Reset on Display in Afghanistan
By Nikolas Gvosdev
July 1, 2011
To Help Pakistan, Undo South Asia’s Economic Partition
By Neil Padukone
June 27, 2011
India Should Continue to Engage With Pakistan
By Neeta Lal
May 11, 2011
New Opening for India in Afghanistan?
By Harsh V. Pant
May 16, 2011
Global Insider: Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Forum
By Ishtiaq Ahmad
April 25, 2011
Why the U.S. Should ‘Give’ Af-Pak to China
By Thomas P.M. Barnett
May 30, 2011
Global Insider: China-Afghanistan Relations
By Nicklas Norling
May 18, 2011
China Ponders U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Richard Weitz
September 6, 2011