Menu
  • Home
  • About
    • About
    • Meet the Team
    • Suggest a Book
    • Copyright
    • Privacy Policy
  • Tribute to Robert Jervis
    • Tribute to the Life, Scholarship, and Legacy of Robert Jervis: Part I
    • Tribute to the Life, Scholarship, and Legacy of Robert Jervis: Part II
    • Obituary for Robert Jervis (30 April 1940-9 December 2021)
    • H-Diplo Essay 198- Robert Jervis on Learning the Scholar’s Craft
  • Publications
    • Roundtables
    • Trump Series 2021
    • Donald Trump and the World
    • Putin’s War
    • Tribute
    • Learning the Scholar’s Craft
    • Policy Series
    • Commentary
    • Essays
    • Forums
    • Article Reviews
    • H-Diplo Book Reviews
  • Indexes
    • Publications Index
    • Tag Index
  • Subscribe to H-Diplo

Tag: Afghanistan

H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable 15-4 on Ro’i, The Bleeding Wound

September 18, 2023September 4, 2023 By Artemy M. Kalinovsky, Alessandro Iandolo, Sarah Mendelson, Robert Rakove, Ronald Grigor Suny, Yaacov Ro’i

  Among the unanswered—and perhaps unanswerable—questions regarding the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan is the extent to which the conflict contributed to the USSR’s dissolution less than three years after the withdrawal of Moscow’s forces. Proponents of the view that the war had precipitated the Soviet collapse included CIA analysts like Anthony Arnold, who argued…

Read More

H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable on Innes, Streets Without Joy

January 30, 2023February 4, 2023 By R. Gerald Hughes, Peter Mancina, Anna Meier, Katharine Petrich, Michael A.K.G. Innes

We must act against the criminal menace of terrorism with the full weight of the law, both domestic and international. We will act to indict, apprehend, and prosecute those who commit the kind of atrocities the world has witnessed in recent weeks. We can act together as free peoples who wish not to see our…

Read More

H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable on Malkasian, The American War in Afghanistan & Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers

January 27, 2023January 13, 2023 By William Inboden, Conrad Crane, Todd Greentree, Elisabeth Leake, Jeffrey H. Michaels

Just over 21 years ago, the United States invaded Afghanistan. Just over one year ago, the United States withdrew from Afghanistan. Understanding the two decades in between, which became by almost any measure America’s longest war, will continue to occupy and often bedevil scholars and policymakers for years to come. The two books under review…

Read More

Review Essay 57 on Warlord Survival: The Delusion of State Building in Afghanistan

June 18, 2021June 19, 2021 By Dipali Mukhopadhyay

There is a persistent paradox in the literature (and policy-related discourse) on warlordism that spills over into the larger scholarship on political violence and state formation: while some observers regard warlords as insurmountable spoilers, too strong and sinister to be tamed, others characterize them as paper tigers that could be easily dismissed with the right…

Read More

Roundtable 12-3 on Planning to Fail: The US Wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan

December 21, 2020December 18, 2020 By James J. Wirtz, Jonathan D. Caverley, Keith Shimko, James H. Lebovic

The study of bureaucracy as an influence in the formulation and conduct of foreign and defense policy has receded in popularity since its heyday during the 1960s and 1970s. Today, the limits of bureaucratic processes, the influence of the decorum generated by organizational culture or even the constraints created by the overall structure of government…

Read More

Article Review 96 on “Why U.S. Efforts to Promote the Rule of Law in Afghanistan Failed”

April 10, 2018April 8, 2018 By Noah Coburn

For all their differences, Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama have taken remarkably similar approaches to Afghanistan. Both entered office, conducted reviews of the domestically unpopular American-led war, and ultimately decided to increase the U.S. troop numbers there while continuing to support shaky, often corrupt, Afghan government partners.

Read More

Roundtable 8-9 on Armed State Building: Confronting State Failure

February 5, 2016February 2, 2017 By James McAllister, Seth G. Jones, Kyle M. Lascurettes, Kimberly Marten, Paul D. Miller

In this important study, which should be of interest to both scholars and policymakers, Paul Miller examines the practice of armed state building by both the United States and the United Nations. While acknowledging that there are some characteristics of armed state building by liberal powers that are similar to the theory and practice of…

Read More

Roundtable 7-20 on Wrong Turn: America’s Deadly Embrace of Counterinsurgency

July 20, 2015September 14, 2020 By H-Diplo

In 2015 the United States faces a number of opportunities to intervene with military force in countries of secondary or even less strategic importance to U.S. policy makers.   President Barack Obama’s completion of the withdrawal of American ground combat troops from Iraq, and plans to draw down U.S. troops from Afghanistan, have not reduced…

Read More

Forum 9 on “What Have We Learned? Lessons from Afghanistan & Iraq.”

July 8, 2015September 14, 2020 By H-Diplo

After thirteen years of war, the loss of many thousand of lives, and the expenditure of trillions of dollars, what has the United States learned? The answer depends on not only who is asking but when. The story of the Iraq war would have different endings, and morals, if told in 2003, 2006, 2011, or…

Read More

Roundtable 7-16 on Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse

May 11, 2015September 14, 2020 By H-Diplo

Understanding the nature of insurgencies has long been an important objective for political scientists, historians, and policymakers. In Networks of Rebellion, Paul Staniland argues that scholars have paid insufficient attention to the different organizational structures of insurgent groups. In his view, understanding organizational structure is crucial because “states and their foes spend far more time…

Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next

Popular Posts

  • Policy Series 2021-26: Trump's Realism
  • Policy Series: Two Cheers for the Liberal World Order: The International Order and Rising Powers in a Trumpian World
  • H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable 15-3 on Zarkol, Before the West
  • Policy Roundtable 1-4 on U.S. Nuclear Policy
  • Essay 1- International Politics and Diplomatic History: Fruitful Differences
  • H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable 15-5 on Ghalehdar, The Origins of Overthrow
  • Roundtable 10-11 on America Abroad: The United States’ Global Role in the 21st Century
  • Forum on Contagion and War: Lessons from the First World War
  • Policy Series 2021-38: Trump’s Transactional Follies: The Consequences of Treating the Arms Trade like a Business
  • Article Review 88 on “The New Era of Counterforce: Technological Change and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence.”

Follow us on Twitter

  • View @HDiplo’s profile on Twitter

Tags

2021 Afghanistan Argentina Brazil Canada China Cold War Cuba democracy Donald Trump East Asia Egypt Europe foreign policy formation essay France Germany grand strategy history India intelligence international relations IR Iran Iraq Israel Italy Japan national security NATO North Korea nuclear weapons Pakistan political science power reflections Russia/Soviet Union South Korea Soviet Union Trump Trump administration United Kingdom United States Vietnam war

Links

  • H-Diplo

Archives

©2023 | Powered by WordPress and Superb Themes!
We use cookies to improve your experience. By your continued use of this site you accept such use.
Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
SAVE & ACCEPT