| December 23, 2010 This Week on ForeignAffairs.com This newsletter is sponsored by The Asia Foundation. This holiday season, give Foreign Affairs and save 63%. 
Essay - JAN/FEB 2011 Clay ShirkyDiscussion of the political impact of social media has focused on the power of mass protests to topple governments. In fact, social media's real potential lies in supporting civil society and the public sphere -- which will produce change over years and decades, not weeks or months. Read
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Snapshot Michael YoungToday, billions of dollars in aid is delivered by soldiers and private contractors at the behest of the political and military leadership. But this so-called "militarized aid" is ineffective, wasteful, and puts lives at risk. Read
Essay - JAN/FEB 2011 Paul D. MillerSince 2001, Afghanistan's economy has grown at an impressive rate and major development indicators in the country have improved dramatically. Even security and the rule of law -- long neglected -- are now improving. Washington and its allies could still win in Afghanistan if they are given the time they need. Read
Essay - JAN/FEB 2011 Robert D. BlackwillAfter so many years of faulty U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, there are no quick, easy, or cost-free ways to escape the current quagmire. Although it has problems, a de facto partition of Afghanistan, in which Washington pursues nation building in the north and counterterrorism in the south, offers an acceptable fallback. Read
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