by Ashley Boyle | Sep 6, 2012 | Monitor
ASP Fellow Joshua Foust discusses the challenges faced by the ISAF training mission in Afghanistan. Suffering from high desertion rates and increasingly frequent insider attacks, ISAF recently decided to suspend its police force training operations. Further...
by Ashley Boyle | Sep 6, 2012 | Monitor
In his latest for PBS’ Need to Know, ASP Fellow Joshua Foust discusses the conspicuous lack of discussion about Afghanistan in the presidential candidates’ campaigns. Noting that 68,000 US troops will still be in Afghanistan come Election Day,...
by Ashley Boyle | Aug 28, 2012 | Monitor
ASP Fellow Joshua Foust is quoted in the Financial Times discussing why both parties in the campaign have avoided discussing Afghanistan despite growing insecurity in the country. “‘It is crazy that they are not talking about it more, given the number of...
by Ashley Boyle | Aug 28, 2012 | Monitor
ASP Fellow Joshua Foust was interviewed for the BBC’s “World Have Your Say” on the recent violence in Afghanistan, including the beheading of 17 civilians and the increase in “green on blue” attacks. “Helmand has been the site of a...
by Ashley Boyle | Aug 27, 2012 | Monitor
One of the more prominent aspects of the discourse on drones is the cost-benefit tradeoff in their acquisition and use. While ASP’s analysis indicates that drones, in general, are slightly more cost effective to acquire and operate than conventional manned aircraft,...
