Our premature withdrawal from Iraq holds important lessons for Afghanistan… By: Zalmay Khalilzad When President Obama meets Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah (Ghani’s partner in the unity government) this week to discuss the future of U.S.-Afghanistan relations, they must keep the lessons of Iraq in mind. In 2011, when Iraq refused to provide legal protection …
Checkmate: Breaking Iran’s Stranglehold over Iraq
A credible balance of power must be established to deter and if necessary defeat further Iranian expansion. By: Zalmay Khalilzad The nuclear negotiation with Iran is much in the news and there is vigorous analysis and debate in Washington on elements of a possible agreement and their implications for the United States, for the region and for the non-proliferation regime. …