Thursday, December 10, 2009

[RED DEMOCRATICA] Could the Soviet Union Have Won in Afghanistan?

 

December 11, 2009

This Week on ForeignAffairs.com

Snapshot
The Soviet Victory That Never Was
Nikolas K. Gvosdev

The Soviet Union came closer than many think to achieving its objectives in Afghanistan. How it almost managed to win -- and why it ultimately did not -- should serve as a lesson for U.S. policymakers today. Read

Snapshot
Jihadology
David C. Engerman

In the years after World War II, academics and U.S. government officials worked together to create the field of Soviet studies. Has the United States learned its lessons in today's efforts to understand Islamic fundamentalism? Read

Foreign Affairs Job Board: The Ultimate Resource for Careers in International Affairs

Featured Job: Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship provides full-time six to nine month fellowships for recent college graduates to work on peace and security issues with one of the twenty-five participating public-interest organizations in Washington, DC. Scoville Fellows have the opportunity to work with senior-level staff and to conduct research, write articles and reports, organize talks and conferences sponsored by their host organization, and do advocacy on a range of issues including arms control and nonproliferation, conventional arms trade, environmental and energy security, military budget, and peacekeeping. They may also attend coalition meetings, Congressional hearings, and policy briefings, as well as meetings with policy experts arranged by the program. Scoville Fellows receive a monthly stipend of $2,300, health insurance, and travel costs to DC to begin the fellowship. The next application deadline is January 22, 2010 for the Fall 2010 fellowship.

Visit jobs.foreignaffairs.com for more information about this position and others.

Reading List
What to Read on Oil
Edward L. Morse

An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on oil. Read

Essay - Sep/Oct 2009
Copenhagen's Inconvenient Truth
Michael Levi

The Copenhagen conference won't solve the problem of climate change once and for all. Rather than aiming for a broad international treaty, negotiators should strengthen existing national policies and seek targeted emissions cuts in both rich nations and the developing world. Read

The James Chace Memorial Speaker Series
Foreign Affairs is co-sponsoring a special lecture with the Bard College Globalization and International Affairs with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan

Where: New York, NY

When: December 17, 2009 -- 4:30 PM

For more information: http://www.bard.edu/bgia/speakers/index.shtml#current

Subscribe now to Foreign Affairs for only $32 and you'll save 45% off the newsstand price!

Home  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy  |  Terms of Use

If at any time you wish to unsubscribe from the FOREIGN AFFAIRS newsletter or change your subscription information, please click here

__._,_.___
Red Democratica 10 years "On line" (1998-2008)!
Http://reddemocratica.blogspot.com
Boletin Diario :
Http://reddemocratica01.blogspot.com
Foro Debate :
Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion

Ahora en FACEBOOK : Red Democratica

Http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1631/articulos/protesta.phtml
Http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1612/articulos/debate.phtml

Celebrando 10 anos "On Line"..2009

Keep the candle burning

I have a dream
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/interactiveFrame.htm

FORUM TPSIPOL: RED DEMOCRATICA (1998-1999).
Informacion : Http://tpsipol.home-page.org

Para enviar un message , enviar a: eleccion@yahoogroups.com
Para suscribirse al Forum , enviar un mensaje a : eleccion-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Para salir del Forum, enviar un mensaje en blanco : eleccion-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
.

__,_._,___
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)