Posts Tagged ‘AfPak Strategy’


Avoiding the ‘Graveyard of Empire’ Syndrome’

 October 30th, 2010      No Comments »

Posted in: Asymetric War, Counterterrorism, Intelligence
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The administration of President Barack Obama is near fixated about not getting stuck in Afghanistan—the well-known “graveyard of empires.” That may be one reason why he is so persistent about not getting involved in the long-term process of nation-building, which is also full of too many hidden landmines. That is why he is so persistent [...]

Turbulent Aspects of A Proposed “Grand Bargain”

 September 19th, 2009      No Comments »

Posted in: Afghanistan, China, Great Power Relations, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, United States
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The Indian Press was recently full of stories that Chinese naval officials have proposed to Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) that the two countries ought to divide the world oceans into two camps: China would take Hawaii West and Indian Ocean and the U.S. would be in charge of [...]

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