Top Ten Globalist Features on Afghanistan
Nearly ten years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, how is the country faring?
Nearly ten years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, how is the country faring?
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Why Afghanistan Is Like the Spanish Netherlands (Part I) When it comes to the United States’ Afghan foray, why is it instructive to recall Don Quixote’s futile quest?
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Why Afghanistan Is Like the Spanish Netherlands (Part II) What lessons can Imperial Spain’s travails in the Netherlands teach the United States about Afghanistan?
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Marketplace Globalist Quiz: The United States in Afghanistan How much does it cost per year to support one U.S. service member deployed to Afghanistan?
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Afghanistan’s Arc of Modernization: 1880 to 1978 What lessons can be learned about Afghanistan from the country’s past modernization efforts?
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Afghan Women’s Desperate Cry for Help To what lengths will some Afghan women go to escape misogynistic social customs?
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“Defeating the Taliban”: Naïveté and the American Empire While modern “Rome” is burning, why do U.S. foreign policy elites keep meddling in overseas adventures?
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Opium-Addicted Children: Paying a Heavy Price for the Afghan War How can years of war doom generations of children to a miserable life?
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Afghanistan for Afghans: The West’s End Game Is Promoting Governance What is the United States hoping will be the end result of its mission in Afghanistan?
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Bin Laden and Mullah Omar: No Brothers in Arms Would the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan really mean the next coming of al Qaeda?
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Why Afghanistan Is Lost Will 30,000 additional U.S. troops help President Obama turn the tide in Afghanistan?
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