Helena Cobban

‘Rosen neglects a key factor in U.S. planning: domestic politics’

Syed Saleem Shahzad

‘The real danger is that al Qaeda and the Neo-Taliban will drag the United States into regional war’

J. Alexander Thier

‘Dismissing the Afghan government is a grave mistake’

Nir Rosen responds

‘The massive investment and destabilization are not worth the small threat that al Qaeda poses’

Andrew Exum

‘The conflict in Central Asia will likely mark the end of the current era of counterinsurgency’

Aziz Hakimi

‘The West can encourage legitimacy and accountability’

Andrew J. Bacevich

‘Americans misperceive the world and their role in determining its evolution’

Richard W. Miller and Rajan Menon respond to the forum in online-exclusives.