by Zachary Miller | Jul 19, 2012 | Monitor
Magical thinking in America’s Afghanistan Joshua Foust/ The Hill As the war in Afghanistan moves into its final stages, there are a growing number of news stories about the fraud and waste of the war in Afghanistan. Most of these focus on the wastefulness of aid...
by Zachary Miller | Jul 17, 2012 | Monitor
Push in Congress to ban biofuels in military has big long-term costs Norman Seip / Christian Science Monitor The US armed services is working hard to wean itself off of fossil fuels and foreign oil. Yet some in Congress, for short-term savings, want to ban them from...
by Zachary Miller | Jul 16, 2012 | Monitor
Pentagon biofuels effort aids energy independence Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Sen. Susan Collins/Politico Our nation’s military has long demonstrated its ability to identify strategic national security challenges and then solve them in innovative ways. It’s disappointing...
by Zachary Miller | Jul 12, 2012 | Monitor
Rep. Adam Smith Comes to ASP Joshua Foust The American Security Project hosted Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), who spoke about US interests in Africa and AFRICOM. Rep. Smith said we need to look at Africa as an opportunity, not a crisis: it is a place where a unique...
by Zachary Miller | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
Taliban commander: we cannot win war and al-Qaida is a ‘plague’ Julian Borger / The Guardian One of the Taliban’s most senior commanders has admitted the insurgents cannot win the war in Afghanistan and that capturing Kabul is “a very distant...