Publications

    • Research

    Afghanistan: A View from Moscow

    Despite its importance, Russia’s perspective on the war in Afghanistan has typically been missing from previous analyses of coalition policy. Moscow views Afghanistan largely through the prism of security threats to itself and its Central Asian neighborhood.

    • Commentary

    Lashkar-e-Taiba in Perspective

    • Stephen Tankel
    • April 26, 2010
    • Foreign Policy

    The Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has had operational interests in Afghanistan since 2006, and the potential for collaboration between LeT, al-Qaeda, and various pro-Taliban elements is increasing.

    • Research

    Afghanistan: Searching for Political Agreement

    A less costly and more effective way for the international coalition to overcome the impasse in Afghanistan is a negotiated agreement with the Taliban, which could pave the way for a unity government.

    • Commentary

    Beradar, Pakistan, and the Afghan Taliban: What Gives?

    Recent arrests of high-profile Afghan Taliban leadership by Pakistan do not indicate a strategic change in Pakistan’s counterterrorism strategy.

    • Commentary

    Pakistan and the Afghanistan End Game

    Pakistan's support of terrorist organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba has stymied the India-Pakistan peace process, hindered U.S.-Pakistan relations, and threatens to undermine any attempts to create stability in Afghanistan.

    • Commentary

    LeT was Emboldened by the Success of Mumbai Attacks

    • Stephen Tankel
    • March 11, 2010
    • Rediff.com

    Pakistan has not taken the necessary steps to dismantle the terrorist group which perpetrated the Mumbai attacks, Lashkar-e-Tayiba, whose network is spreading beyond South Asia and which poses a particular threat to India.

    • Testimony

    Bad Company—Lashkar e-Tayyiba and the Growing Ambition of Islamist Militancy in Pakistan

    Continued Pakistani support for the terrorist group Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) threatens to undermine the delicate peace between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan and plunge the region into conflict, with significant consequences for American interests abroad.

    • Multimedia

    Behind Taliban Lines

    Security and social order in Afghanistan are continuing to deteriorate, especially in the north, and negotiating with the Taliban may become the only viable option for a sustainable peace.

    • Commentary

    A London Fog on Afghanistan

    The conference in London failed to suggest viable solutions to the real problems facing Afghanistan, including President Karzai’s lack of credibility, the prevalence of local corruption, and the fragmentation of power into the hands of armed local militias.

    • Commentary

    New Delhi, Washington: Who Gets What?

    American assistance to India should not be conditioned principally on notions of strict or specific reciprocity. Supporting India is in the larger geopolitical interest of the United States.

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