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Getting it Right in Pakistan and Afghanistan | By Karin von Hippel and Rick Barton
Category *PCR Special Briefings, Afghanistan, Pakistan | no comments »
Flikr photo by GothPhil used under a Creative Commons license.
America may not be losing the war in Afghanistan, but it is also not winning. Neither is the U.S. approach in neighboring Pakistan making friends or preventing new recruits from crossing the border to kill U.S. and other NATO troops. What then is the best way to promote peace and security in the greater South Asia region, home to nearly half the world’s population and several nuclear-armed states?
The challenges involved in confronting this threat—which means fighting extremism in both countries, rebuilding governance in Afghanistan, and supporting a weak democratic government in Pakistan—dwarf the past two decades of global state-building activities combined and are too big to be done alone.
For the past few months, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen and U.S. CENTCOM commander General David Petreaus have been leading U.S. government–wide efforts to develop a “comprehensive strategy” to deal with this pressing issue, while President Obama has appointed Ambassador Richard Holbrooke to address the multiple challenges of the region. To succeed, a strategy must have four elements: the innovative use of all the tools of U.S. foreign policy, including development, diplomatic, and military activities; the genuine inclusion of America’s key allies; the coherent engagement of regional powers, including India, Iran, China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia; and most importantly, ownership of the new approach by the people and the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Read full commentary by Karin von Hippel and Rick Barton after the jump or download the PDF.
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This approach is good but can not be practically implemented because of anger and hatred in general public in Afghanistan and Pakistan against US and NATO due to rise in innocient killings.
Getting it Right in Pakistan and Afghanistan | By Karin von Hippel and Rick Barton
Category *PCR Special Briefings, Afghanistan, Pakistan | no comments »
Flikr photo by GothPhil used under a Creative Commons license.
America may not be losing the war in Afghanistan, but it is also not winning. Neither is the U.S. approach in neighboring Pakistan making friends or preventing new recruits from crossing the border to kill U.S. and other NATO troops. What then is the best way to promote peace and security in the greater South Asia region, home to nearly half the world’s population and several nuclear-armed states?
The challenges involved in confronting this threat—which means fighting extremism in both countries, rebuilding governance in Afghanistan, and supporting a weak democratic government in Pakistan—dwarf the past two decades of global state-building activities combined and are too big to be done alone.
For the past few months, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen and U.S. CENTCOM commander General David Petreaus have been leading U.S. government–wide efforts to develop a “comprehensive strategy” to deal with this pressing issue, while President Obama has appointed Ambassador Richard Holbrooke to address the multiple challenges of the region. To succeed, a strategy must have four elements: the innovative use of all the tools of U.S. foreign policy, including development, diplomatic, and military activities; the genuine inclusion of America’s key allies; the coherent engagement of regional powers, including India, Iran, China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia; and most importantly, ownership of the new approach by the people and the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Read full commentary by Karin von Hippel and Rick Barton after the jump or download the PDF.
PCR Project Category:
This approach is good but can not be practically implemented because of anger and hatred in general public in Afghanistan and Pakistan against US and NATO due to rise in innocient killings.
