Afghanistan

About Afghanistan

The Afghanistan Study Group and the Common Defense Campaign work to analyze the Obama administration’s policies toward the country and promote alternatives.

Illicit Financial Flows From Developing Countries: 2001-2010

By Dev Kar, Sarah Freitas

Dec-17-2012 | Report

Crime, corruption, and tax evasion cost the developing world $858.8 billion in 2010, just below the all-time high of $871.3 billion set in 2008... Read More »

Report to Supporters: Turning Promises Into Policy

By CIP

Jun-04-2012 | Report

Read about the latest research and projects undertaken by CIP's expert staff as they seek to apply pressure to ensure that politicians' promises become actual policy.... Read More »

13,000 More Names to the List

By Matthew Hoh

Feb-27-2013 | Article

Matthew Hoh weighs in on the troubling news that veteran suicides in the US are up to 22 per day... Read More »

The Why Behind the Benghazi Attack

By Melvin A. Goodman

Nov-04-2012 | Article

The story behind the Benghazi attack was not the political cover-up that the Right has pushed, but rather how the U.S. consulate had grown into a CIA base, making it an inviting target for militants... Read More »

Secretary Panetta, Afghanistan Needs A Peace Settlement, Not More War

By David Cortright

Jun-07-2012 | Article

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan, where US policy has been mostly military. Washington continues to view Afghanistan through the lens of war when it most needs peace – a negotiated settlement with insurgents and neighboring states like India and Pakistan... Read More »

Afghanistan: Gorbachev's Lessons for Obama

Oct-14-11 | CIP, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20036

Come hear Jonathan Steele discuss his eyewitness account of the past 30 years of Afghan history, as well as discuss the policy moves Obama should be making. ... Read More »

The Relationship Between al-Qaeda and the Taliban: Rethinking the War in Afghanistan - A conversation with Felix Kuehn

May-12-11 | University of California Washington Center

Felix Kuehn travelled to Afghanistan first some 5 years ago, having spent several years in the Middle East including just short of a year in Yemen, where he first learnt Arabic in 2002.... Read More »

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