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[LISTEN] WNYC’s The Takeaway — Joshua Foust: Taliban Leaders to Open Qatar Office
posted by Joshua Foust on January 4, 2012 at 11:26 am
On Tuesday, after months of denying it was interested in participating in formal talks to end the war in Afghanistan, the Taliban indicated it would consider opening a political office in Qatar. Joshua Foust, correspondent for The Atlantic and a fellow at the American Security Project, explains what this could mean for U.S.-Afghan relations.
The Atlantic — Joshua Foust: Unaccountable Killing Machines, The True Cost of U.S. Drones
posted by Joshua Foust on December 30, 2011 at 10:11 am
The upside to this system of drones, administration officials insist, is that al Qaeda has been crippled, and that it has created an intense strain on the ability of terrorists to carry out plots. And this is undoubtedly true — the drone war has achieved its immediate purpose of thwacking bad people. But do we really understand the true cost of this form of warfare?
ASP – What we are reading
posted by Paul Hamill on December 21, 2011 at 2:33 pm
21 Dec 2011 A Changing NATO for a Changing World John Adams / American Security Project / The Atlantic Twenty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, NATO can point with pride to its history. But can it point with confidence to its future? NATO’s viability in the 21st century depends on applying the…
ASP – What We Are Reading
posted by Paul Hamill on December 19, 2011 at 3:42 pm
19 Dec 2011 How the Fall of the Soviet Union Changed the News Media By Carolyn Deady / American Security Project / The Atlantic American TV would never cover breaking news the same way again. International media coverage of the historic events in Moscow on December 25, 1991, was a first for world broadcast news. Earlier…
The Atlantic – Joshua Foust : No Great Game: The Story of Post-Cold War Powers in Central Asia
posted by Paul Hamill on December 16, 2011 at 3:24 pm
This post is part of a 12-part series exploring how the U.S.-Russia relationship has shaped the world since the December 1991 end of the Soviet Union. Read the full series here. Source: The Atlantic, 16 of Dec /2011 ASP Senior Fellow Joshua Foust is a featured author. The mid-2000s also saw Russia emerge from its slumber. Under Presidents Vladimir Putin…
The Atlantic – Michael Cohen: Peace In the Post-Cold War World
posted by Paul Hamill on December 15, 2011 at 4:43 pm
This post is part of a 12-part series exploring how the U.S.-Russia relationship has shaped the world since the December 1991 end of the Soviet Union. Read the full series here. Source: The Atlantic, 15 Dec, 2011 ASP Senior Fellow Michael Cohen is a featured author. Twenty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the world is a freer…
