Category Archives: Weekly round-up

Due to technical difficulties the GWOT blog has been unable to publish posts for the past few weeks. Apologies to all our readers for this downtime. To catch up on our weekly round-ups, we will be publishing a larger weekly … Continue reading →

Afghanistan Nano Danovic analyses NATO’s strategy in Afghanistan. Egypt Shadi Hamid looks at the strategy of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. Iran Fareed Zakaria argues that Iran’s economy is collapsing. Andrew Exum discusses Iran policy. John Yoo argues for action against Iran. … Continue reading →

Counterinsurgency Jim Lacey argues that counterinsurgency is one of only many functions of the US Army. Iraq James Fearon argues that current Iraq policies are a rational response to the vacuum created by the exit of US troops. Jay Ufelder … Continue reading →

Afghanistan Gary Schmitt and Richard Cleary believe that the NATO coalition in Afghanistan is starting to collapse. Iran Michael Rubin argues that unless the US takes a tougher stance, it will continue to pursue nuclear weapons. Barry Rubin (no relation) … Continue reading →

Afghanistan Spencer Ackerman is worried by the proposed outsourcing of U.S security operations on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Counterinsurgency Andrew Exum believes that counterinsurgency will continue to remain important. Egypt The Arabist looks at the dispute between SCAF and the Muslim … Continue reading →

Afghanistan Andrew Exum suggests that the United States will need to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014. Counter-insurgency Paul Miller argues that the United States should have supported Pakistani attempts to reassert civilian control of the military. Democracy and human … Continue reading →