The ‘Safe Haven’ Myth The ‘Safe Haven’ Myth
If we leave Afghanistan, Al Qaeda will be in no position to re-establish a base there.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / John Mueller
High Cost, Low Odds High Cost, Low Odds
Staying in Afghanistan will cost many more American soldiers' lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. Is it worth it?
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Stephen M. Walt
Afghanistan: A Special Issue Afghanistan: A Special Issue
The essays in our forum call into question many of the myths and faulty assumptions about the best course of US policy in Afghanistan.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / The Nation
Remember the Women? Remember the Women?
Women belong at the center of the debate over the Afghan war, not on the margins.
Obama’s Fateful Choice Obama’s Fateful Choice
US Afghanistan policy should not be held hostage to the president's past rhetoric.
Oct 21, 2009 / The Editors
A Witness to Total War A Witness to Total War
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the only neutral filmmaker in the country was Julien Bryan. His round-the-clock footage of Warsaw's destruction, assembled in Siege, is now aga...
Oct 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Eagan
Lessons From the Long War and a Blowback World Lessons From the Long War and a Blowback World
Will today's US-armed ally be tomorrow's enemy?
Oct 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
‘War on Terror’ II ‘War on Terror’ II
Obama makes reassuring noises about constraining executive power and protecting civil liberties, but then adopts whatever appalling policy Bush put in place.
Oct 19, 2009 / Feature / Julian Sanchez
Kilcullen’s Long War Kilcullen’s Long War
An influential Pentagon strategist advocates a fifty-year counterinsurgency campaign.
Oct 14, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden