Top Ten Globalist Features on Afghanistan
Nearly ten years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, how is the country faring?
July 28, 2011
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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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