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Strategika: What will Afghanistan look like following US withdrawal in 2014?

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Strategika: What will Afghanistan look like following the final U.S. withdrawal in 2014?
The current issue of Strategika ponders the future of Afghanistan, asking the question: What will Afghanistan look like following the final U.S. withdrawal in 2014?

In his background essay, Max Boot analyzes how British, and subsequently, Soviet involvement in Afghanistan, suggest that the country's current stability can be maintained with continued assistance from the U.S. In the featured commentary essays, Col. Joseph Felter discusses the uncertainties of Afghanistan's internal political situation and Kimberly Kagan warns that the departure of the U.S. forces from Afghanistan will have disastrous consequences for both countries.

Readers are also encouraged to return to our last issue on U.S.-China relations where they will find podcast interviews with our contributors available in the next few days.

 
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BACKGROUND ESSAY

Afghanistan—Graveyard of Empires?
by Max Boot



FEATURED COMMENTARY

How Good is Afghan Good Enough? Anticipating Security Conditions in...
by Colonel Joseph Felter




RELATED COMMENTARY  
ABOUT STRATEGIKA

Strategika is a free online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past. Strategika offers two opinion editorials on a current crisis or controversy with a background historical essay. The journal also includes a brief section with suggestions for further study and discussion questions for educators on particular issues that arise from the posted essays along with additional commentary from the members.
 

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A brilliant article and talk by Bing West, lifetime US Marine, on Afghanistan:

http://hoover.org/taskforces/military-history/strategika/12/west

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