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All items tagged insurgencyOpen Think Tank ArticlesApril 29, 2008 | Afghanistan: Chances are High That NATO Will FailT. Noetzel & B. Schreer: Despite a theoretically clear strategy, NATO is both politically and militarily ill-prepared to execute the required counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan. An Afghan disaster might not be a death sentence for the Alliance, but would certainly have major repercussions. ... MoreSeptember 18, 2007 | General Petraeus's Iraq: Before=AfterJan-Friedrich Kallmorgen: the only news from the White House and Petraeus findings is that any decision on American troop withdrawal is postponed: President Bush is betting it all on positive trends in Iraq. Should the situation improve, Germany too will have to do its part. ... MoreAugust 22, 2007 | Why America Wants to Iraqize AfghanistanThomas Speckmann: Iraq’s label as a “second Vietnam” for the United States does not hold up to scrutiny. Recent changes to US military strategy on terrorism— building infrastructure, winning hearts and minds—come straight out of the Bundeswehr handbook, and they’re working. So why not take them to Kabul? ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesAugust 7, 2008 | Media Distorts our Perception of AfghanistanThe war on terror has been an utter fiasco: before the US troops arrived in 2001 Afghanistan was much more peaceful and stable, now the insurgency has spread all over the country, become multi-ethnic and more robust. ++ American claims of spreading democracy lie buried beneath the hineous crimes perpetrated by its soldiers – this might “culminate in a violent insurgency.“ ++ ... MoreCommentsApril 29, 2008 | To Timo and Benjamin: Chances are NATO will... |
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