May 2012
Phyllis Bennis
New poll shows support for Afghanistan war lower than ever, and for good reason
April 2012
Phyllis Bennis
The U.S. is 11 years into its current war in Afghanistan and still losing. We never had a chance to "win" this war of vengeance – and while few in Washington are ready to admit that, they’ve continued to revise and redefine just what "winning" might look like.
September 2011
Phyllis Bennis
It wasn’t the events of September 11th that changed the world, but the events of September 12th and beyond, when the Bush administration took the world to war in response; that changed the world, and continues to threaten U.S. and global security, and shred U.S. democracy.
August 2011
Ross Eventon
While the US focuses on consolidating its permanent military presence in Afghanistan, designed to guard and exploit Central Asian energy reserves, its earlier rational "to fight terrorism" is a faded memory. Afghanis, meanwhile, continue to lose their lives and humanitarian conditions worsen.
August 2011
Walden Bello
Events in Libya and Syria have again brought the legitimacy of armed humanitarian intervention and so-called “responsibility to protect” into question.
August 2011
Richard Falk
U.S. foreign policy still fails to incorporate the lessons learned from the Tet Offensive. The refusal to admit goals weren't achieved in Afghanistan is frustrating to say the least.
August 2011
Ross Eventon
Debate over the 10-year-plus war in Afghanistan tends to focus on how and when it "can be won," obscuring the fundamental question of whether it was morally acceptable in the first place. Now as the US gets closer to consolidating its imperial presence in the region for decades to come, the high cost to the Afghani people continues to be ignored.
June 2011
Phyllis Bennis
President Obama passed up an opportunity to end the war in Afghanistan and respect the views of the vast majority of the American people.
June 2011
Ross Eventon
Recent developments in Afghanistan suggest the New Great Game is intensifying in Central Asia.
May 2011
Praful Bidwai
Bin Laden's demise may mark a turning point in the relationship between India and Pakistan.
