Decentralization Could Reduce Conflict in Postwar Afghanistan
May 12, 2021 | The country's 2004 constitution permits significant local control. Actually practicing it could protect women and minorities in the event of a Taliban takeover in Kabul.
Articles by Inge Fryklund
The U.S. War on Drugs is Driving the Displacement Crisis
March 31, 2021 | Why are desperate refugees turning up on the U.S. border? Because we have offloaded the costs of the drug war on Latin America.
Another Extension for Our Longest War?
May 17, 2017 | Military leaders want more troops to help prop up an unaccountable Afghan government — one that even Afghans aren't interested in dying for.
After Paris and Beirut, It’s Time to Rein in Saudi Arabia
November 20, 2015 | America's leading Sunni ally was propagating a violent, sectarian religious ideology long before ISIS came on the scene.
America’s Hydra Problem in the Middle East
May 7, 2015 | ISIS may be more famous for cutting off heads, but it's Washington that's learning the hard way not to slash first and ask questions later.
U.S. Got Caught in a Vicious Circle With Afghan President Karzai’s Brother, Ahmed Wali
February 22, 2014 | The author had a ringside seat to how the surge in Afghanistan only increased Ahmed Wali Karzai’s leverage, thus increasing U.S. need for his support.
Foreign Aid Is Afghanistan’s Resource Curse
May 30, 2013 | With endless foreign aid, the US has undercut mechanisms of democratic accountability in Afghanistan and should not be surprised at the results.
Stop Registering Afghan Voters
February 5, 2013 | Afghan's convoluted and expensive voter registration system completely misses the actual sources of election fraud.
Curbing Corruption in Afghanistan
September 14, 2012 | Afghanistan can't prosecute its way out of rampant corruption.