NATOArticle - Friday, July 23, 2010
It is not too late to win the day
Even with the situation in Afghanistan deteriorating rapidly, causing a swelling in the ranks of the war’s opponents in NATO member states and beyond, there remains little doubt over what is at the core of the international community’s exit strategy. The development of the Afghan security sector, a process known as security sector reform (SSR), is widely viewed as the lynchpin of the counter-insurgency and stabilisation strategies in Afghanistan.
Article - Friday, June 4, 2010
Dangers and opportunities after a bloody clash at sea
History, at least Middle East history, changed course in the Eastern Mediterranean this week.
Article - Wednesday, May 5, 2010
NATO misses another opportunity
NATO foreign ministers met in Estonia last month, and the opportunity they missed was for a serious rethink of the presence of US nuclear weapons in Europe.
Publication - Friday, February 26, 2010
Ending the Agony: Seven Moves to Stabilize Afghanistan
In January, donors renewed commitments to Afghanistan and presented new strategies to combat the Taliban, improve governance and limit corruption. But progress will depend on Afghan leadership. This paper proposes seven policy initiatives to refocus the country's domestic reform agenda, overcome post-electoral distrust, and lay the groundwork for a rejuvenated partnership between the Afghan government and the international community.
Article - Friday, October 30, 2009
Negotiation inevitable in Afghanistan
It’s now the conventional wisdom that all options in Afghanistan have become bad options. But one that still earns only occasional and sometimes grudging mention – negotiation – is different from the others in one important sense. It’s inevitable.
Publication - Thursday, August 13, 2009
Afghanistan’s Alternatives for Peace, Governance and Development: Transforming Subjects to Citizens & Rulers to Civil Servants
The policies of the United States and its international partners in Afghanistan during the past eight years have proven wrong-headed and ineffective in delivering the promised peace, stability and democratic governance. This paper critically examines the underlying assumptions behind these failing policies and explores alternative approaches to rescue Afghanistan’s war-to-peace transition.
Publication - Thursday, April 16, 2009
The Way Forward in Afghanistan
This report draws on the extraordinarily successful Town Hall event on "The Way Forward in Afghanistan" organized by the Canadian International Council (CIC), in cooperation with The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), at CIGI headquarters on December 9, 2008.
Article - Tuesday, February 17, 2009
NATO Summit: A Chance to Kick the Nuclear Habit
While Afghanistan will certainly dominate the talk at the 60 th anniversary NATO summit in April, leaders are also scheduled to launch a process to review the alliance's Strategic Concept, a key element of which is a controversial and outdated nuclear doctrine.
Article - Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Look Who's Talking
You have to admire their chutzpah, castigating Russia for attacking another country and emulating in the Caucasus NATO's behaviour in the Balkans. Who does Vladimir Putin think he is - George W Bush?
Article - Saturday, August 23, 2008
Payback time for Russia
You have to admire the chutzpah of the neocons for their castigation of Russia for attacking another country and emulating, in the Caucasus, NATO's behavior in the Balkans. Who does Vladimir Putin think he is - U.S. President George W. Bush?