Review Articles and Op-Eds
Empowering supposed “tribal militias” in Afghanistan as a means to defend areas outside of the immediate control of Afghanistan’s National Security Forces (ANSF) from Taliban and other insurgent groups has become a popular option for U.S. military...
Review Articles and Op-Eds
General Abdul Raziq is one of the more prominent cases of the warlord paradox shaped by the U.S. state-building agenda in Afghanistan. Labeled by some as a warlord and others a hero, Raziq is the reigning police chief of Kandahar province, with a near mythic stature....
Review Articles and Op-Eds
The slogans and pageantry following the rollout of the Trump Doctrine has left U.S. partners and allies in South Asia with much to be anxious about. What does an “America First” foreign policy look like for them? How will this change the currents of a 15-year state...
