From the Sun King to Karzai
Berman, Sheri
Foreign Affairs, March/April 2010, v89, #2, pp2-9
"In December 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the fruits of his administration's lengthy review of Afghanistan policy: temporary troop reinforcements and a new military strategy designed to reverse recent gains by the Taliban, efforts to increase the quality of Afghan governance, and a stronger partnership with Pakistan. The troop increases and the proposed withdrawal starting date of July 2011 dominated the headlines, but in the long run the effects of what Obama called a "civilian surge" will be even more important." In this article the author contends that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama must focus on state-building in Afghanistan in its policies on the Afghan War.
Sheri Berman is associate professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University.
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