"With a new commander and a renewed commitment from the commander in chief, we will make military progress in Afghanistan."

ISW Research Analyst Jeffrey Dressler offers thoughts on Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba at Bellum, a Project of the Stanford Review.

ISW Research Analyst Jeffrey Dressler offers thoughts on North Waziristan at Bellum, A Project of the Stanford Review.

Military progress is being made in Afghanistan. There's no reason to alienate moderate Pashtuns.

There appears to be a fissure in Pakistan’s long-standing support for the Quetta Shura Taliban. The recent arrests have caused a flurry of speculation about possible changes in Pakistani policy.

ISW President Kimberly Kagan writes about the Afghanistan troop increase in her role as a national security columnist for the Washington Examiner.

ISW President Kimberly Kagan joined 4 other experts to offer analysis on President Obama's speech at West Point Military Academy.

Given the fact that President Obama seems concerned about how to reduce U.S. presence in Afghanistan after a surge, expanding the quality and quantity of the Afghan forces ought to be a priority.

Jeff Dressler discusses likely operations in Marjeh in a post at the AEI Center for Defense Studies.

It is a strategic mistake for decision makers in Washington to buy-in to the Taliban’s propaganda efforts.

This paper is an analysis of the policy implications of President Karzai’s second inaugural address.

The delay in White House decision-making is protracting and complicating the campaign in Afghanistan

The "surge" not only transformed Iraq, but also taught the American military many important lessons about how to fight and win counterinsurgencies.

James Danly, Managing Director of the ISW and a veteran of the Iraq War, writes an opinion piece arguing for a greater focus on counterinsurgency in Afghanistan.

Eight years on, the Obama administration is reconsidering first principles for the war effort, despite articulating its goals for the region earlier this year.

Dr. Kimberly Kagan (ISW) and Dr. Fred Kagan (AEI) have produced a second report considering how enemy groups would respond to several US Policy scenarios.

To win in Afghanistan requires troops on the ground. More analysis by Fred and Kim Kagan.

ISW President Kimberly Kagan and American Enterprise Institute's Director of Critical Threats Project Fred Kagan present their comprehensive strategy for success in Afghanistan.

Dr. Kimberly Kagan of ISW and Dr. Frederick W. Kagan of AEI team up to produce a detailed PowerPoint presentation on Afghanistan force requirements based on GEN. McChrystal's strategic review.

The latest Washington Examiner opinion piece by ISW President Dr. Kimberly Kagan in the Washington Examiner.

The most recent Washington Post article written by ISW's Dr. Kimberly Kagan, LTG James M. Dubik, and AEI's Frederick W. Kagan, on the state of Afghanistan's security forces.

The day after Gen. Stanley McChrystal sent his strategic assessment to the Pentagon, the call for retreat is already being sounded, this time, from columnist George Will.

More U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan in part because there are too few Afghan National Security Forces, and they are not yet effective enough to conduct counterinsurgency missions.

ISW President Kimberly Kagan's latest opinion piece about the Afghanistan counterinsurgency the front page of Foreign Policy.

ISW President Dr. Kimberly Kagan writes her newest opinion piece on the troop increase in Afghanistan.

ISW Communication Director Megan Ortagus writes an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer about USMC Operation Dagger.

ISW President Kimberly Kagan writes an editorial in the Washington Examiner on the new American leadership in Afghanistan and NATO.

If you believe the headlines, Afghanistan is "the graveyard of empires," a "quagmire" and a "fiasco," the place where President Barack Obama will meet his "Vietnam."

New York Times Op-Ed written by Kimberly Kagan, Frederick Kagan, and Max Boot