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What is the best way to stabilize Afghanistan at a time when international forces are scaling down commitments? Putting Afghan troops in the lead of their own counterinsurgency efforts, writes CFR's Linda Robinson.
Adjunct Senior Fellow for U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy
U.S. national security and foreign policy; political-military strategy; special operations forces (SOF); counterinsurgency and stability operations; insurgencies, wars and political transitions in South Asia, Middle East, and Latin America.
What is the best way to stabilize Afghanistan at a time when international forces are scaling down commitments? Putting Afghan troops in the lead of their own counterinsurgency efforts, writes CFR's Linda Robinson.
Linda Robinson outlines six steps for Afghanistan to take charge of its own war.
Linda Robinson presents a scenario for resolution of the Afghan conflict in a manner that achieves U.S. objectives in Afghanistan.
Osama bin Laden's killing helped spawn a crisis in Pakistan and left tough al-Qaeda-affiliated movements in the Mideast and Africa, says CFR's Linda Robinson.
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Linda Robinson offers her thoughts on the lowering of the American battle flag in Baghdad and reflects on what comes next.
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What is the best way to stabilize Afghanistan at a time when international forces are scaling down commitments? Putting Afghan troops in the lead of their own counterinsurgency efforts, writes CFR's Linda Robinson.
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Linda Robinson outlines six steps for Afghanistan to take charge of its own war.
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Linda Robinson discusses General David Petraeus's nomination to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Linda Robinson presents a scenario for resolution of the Afghan conflict in a manner that achieves U.S. objectives in Afghanistan.
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Linda Robinson reviews The Tenth Parallel, by Eliza Griswold.
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Linda Robinson argues that in order to secure victory in Afghanistan, insurgents must be persuaded in large numbers to lay down their arms or switch to the government's side.
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Linda Robinson discusses new attributes that have characterized Special Operations Forces (SOF) operations since 9/11 and their consequences or implications for the future.
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Linda Robinson says the turnaround in Iraq was not due to a single silver bullet, but rather a multifaceted strategy crafted and carried out by those in Baghdad -- not, despite recent claims, in Washington.
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Linda Robinson examines U.S. and regional initiatives for peace in Nicaragua.
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In this C-SPAN Q&A video, Linda Robinson discusses her book Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq.
The New America Fundation's National Security Studies Program hosted a discussion between author Linda Robinson and New America Foundation Senior Fellow Douglas A. Ollivant to discuss Mr. Ollivant's paper "Countering the New Orthodoxy: Reinterpreting Counterinsurgency in Iraq."
Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq (PublicAffairs Books, 2008) A Foreign Affairs best-seller and named one of the "100 Notable Books of 2008" by the New York Times.
Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces (PublicAffairs Books, 2004) A New York Times best-seller.
Intervention or Neglect: The United States and Central America Beyond the 1980s (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1991)
