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Afghanistan is about to blossom into a vibrant, modern nation; unfortunately the ongoing turmoil and the relentlessly negative media coverage obscure this underlying dynamic. A new Afghanistan is unfolding unseen before our very eyes. USAID's recent report, Partnership, Progress, Perseverance, provides an overview of the...
Afghanistan is clearly in a crisis. The military drawdown has everyone uncertain of the future and reluctant to invest in it.....
Democratic sclerosis refers to the tendency of democratic systems to become increasingly encrusted with legacy provisions which inhibit responsiveness to the general welfare and make it increasingly difficult for the government to perform routine tasks. National security is managed at the highest level by the...
The military drawddown now in progress is both inevitable and necessary. The costs in blood and resources are simply unsustainable, while it is widely recognized that no military solution is plausible....
Crisis = Danger + Opportunity - Chinese ideographs Afghanistan is on the verge of blossoming into a modern nation. It is also on the verge of collapsing back into chaos. It is at a tipping point and can move in either direction. There is...
Afghanistan is on the verge of blossoming into a modern nation and sweeping the Taliban aside, though almost no one believes this. The central question is, can economic development tip Afghanistan toward growth and away from anarchy? Positive models are Germany and Japan, both crushed...
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough, we must do. -- Leonardo da Vinci There are two Afghanistans, and they are intermingled. Old Afghanistan is a backward, tribal society, strongly...
The new millennium is bringing an epochal shift in the global strategic situation that is fundamentally altering the challenges facing the nation. Although there is broad awareness of many elements of this shift, the overall mismatch between these challenges and national capabilities is almost totally...
Ed Corcoran Monthly Archives
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- Cheryl Benard
- Linda Bishai
- Tim Brown
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- Sam Cohen
- James L. Cook
- Walton Cook
- Ed Corcoran
- Ralph Cossa
- Council on Foreign Relations
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- Amitai Etzioni
- Gareth Evans
- Nikolas K. Gvosdev
- Brian Michael Jenkins
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- Terrence Kelly
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- Stephen Larrabee
- Mackenzie Eaglen
- Arthur G. Martirosyan
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- Ali Nader
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- Ori Nir
- Jim Phillips
- Isaac R Porche
- Derek Reveron
- Charles Ries
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- Ghassan Schbley
- Mark Schneider
- Daniel Serwer
- George Smith
- Scott Snyder
- Jon Soltz
- Kirk H. Sowell
- Alexander Thier
- Charles P. Vick
- Rosemary Freitas Williams
- Charles Wolf, Jr.
- Elizabeth Zolotukhina
