Secret Taliban Talks May Save Afghanistan -- Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
The Barack Obama administration is shocked -- shocked! -- that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was secretly negotiating with the Taliban. The previously undisclosed negotiations certainly explain what White House adviser John Podesta recently called Karzai’s “erratic” behavior in refusing to negotiate an agreement to keep U.S. forces in the country after 2014.
But what, exactly, is so terrible about Karzai negotiating separately with the same Taliban that the U.S. has repeatedly tried and failed to engage? In fact, although the Taliban are very likely playing the outgoing president, he is exactly the person who should be trying to negotiate an entrance to Afghan politics for the Taliban that would not involve mass killings of people who sided with the U.S. No doubt Karzai is trying to save his own skin. But there is at least a chance he could save the lives of many other Afghans, too.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The dangers in Pakistan, Afghanistan -- Chicago Tribune editorial
Pakistan Taliban talks delayed. What does each side want? -- Umar Farooq, Christian Science Monitor
The Pakistani Taliban’s P.R. Offensive -- Huma Yusuffeb, New York Times
A tale of two Taliban -- D. Suba Chandran, The Hindu
Asia’s Dangerous Strongman Nostalgia -- William Pesek, Bloomberg
Afghanistan After America: Ripples in Russia and the Caucasus -- Vahan Dilanyan and Armen Sahakyan, National Interest
The US and China Are Right to Distrust Each Other -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
Century of Violence: What World War I Did to the Middle East -- Bernhard Zand, Spiegel Online
Olympics are still being exploited by the autocrats of this world -- Ian Buruma, The Daily Star
How Russia Is Fighting to Regain Control of Ukraine -- Simon Shuster, Time
Cuba: The Selling of a Nation -- Carlos Alberto Montaner, Real Clear World
Why al-Qaeda Kicked Out Its Deadly Syria Franchise -- Aryn Baker, Time
Military Force vs. Diplomacy: Can You Have One Without the Other? -- Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Defense One
Isolationism's High Price -- Richard Cohen, Real Clear Politics
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