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Geotimes October 2003 John F. Shroder Jr. |
Reconstructing Afghanistan: Nation Building or Nation Failure? As the Coalition forces begin reconstructing Iraq, Afghanistan continues to undergo its own rebuilding process. Whether the country continues to fail or rises to succeed may depend on U.S. efforts to help develop Afghanistan's vast natural resources. |
Parameters Summer 2008 Henrietta Holsman Fore |
Aligning "Soft" with "Hard" Power The importance of collaboration between American development agencies and the US military and how to drive those collaborations deeper into the US Agency for International Development (USAID). |
Parameters Autumn 2005 Andrew S. Natsios |
The Nine Principles of Reconstruction and Development In a time of increasing collaboration between the two organizations, it is important that the military gain a better understanding of how the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and development agencies generally approach their work, and how the two communities can beneficially build on this cooperation. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2011 Glenn Zorpette |
Re-engineering Afghanistan The coalition has spent hundreds of millions trying to give Afghanistan electricity. Unfortunately, it made many of the mistakes it made in Iraq |
Parameters Spring 2004 Sean M. Maloney |
Afghanistan: From Here to Eternity? American policy in Afghanistan is at a crossroads, or so it appears. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld suggested in May 2003 that the war on terror in Afghanistan was in "cleanup" or "mop up" phase. |
Chemistry World May 24, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Between a Rock and a Hard Place An important part of Afghanistan's reconstruction is to enable the Afghan population to make the most of the country's mineral wealth. Geological surveys from the UK, US, Japan and the Czech Republic are helping to rebuild the Afghanistan Geological Survey. |
Salon.com December 17, 2001 Tamim Ansary |
Leaping to conclusions Well-meaning observers are making dangerous assumptions about Afghan women and their goals for the future... |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Manjeet Kripalani |
Operation: Stability in Afghanistan The country is making steady progress, but it's facing huge challenges in getting ready for free elections next June. |
Parameters Autumn 2005 Sean M. Maloney |
Afghanistan Four Years On: An Assessment The situation in Afghanistan has progressed to the point where guarded optimism is justified. Unfortunately, the perception of the situation on the ground has become distorted through the prism of American partisan politics. |
Parameters Spring 2006 Ali A. Jalali |
The Future of Afghanistan Afghanistan is again at a crossroads. One road leads to peace and prosperity; the other leads to the loss of all that has been achieved. Everything depends on the level of international commitment to help Afghanistan emerge from the dark shadows of its recent past. |
Outside December 2003 Patrick Symmes |
The Kabul Express In the sixties and seventies it was the hippie trail that brought foreigners to Afghanistan. Two decades of war and terror later, Kabul is a nonstop rave of C-130s, NGOs, soldiers, and spooky nation-builders. The freaks are back on Chicken Street -- where everything old is new again. |
National Defense February 2014 Stephen A. Mackey |
Time to Make Key Decisions in Afghanistan As the United States enters its second decade in Afghanistan, it is wise to examine the nation's interests and use them to inform the path ahead. Nations do not have permanent friends and allies, only permanent interests. |
Fast Company April 1, 2011 April Rabkin |
Transforming Sustainable Energy in Afghanistan In Afghanistan, living off the grid isn't a tree hugger's dream -- it's reality. but a renewable-power startup called Sustainable Energy Services Afghanistan is lighting up Afghans' lives, with help from the sun and the wind. |
National Defense February 2010 Grace V. Jean |
'Culture Maps' Becoming Essential Tools of War The U.S. military has access to the world's best topographic maps. It is now trying to build "culture maps" that include details such as a region's tribal affiliations, ethnicity, religion and language. |
Salon.com December 12, 2001 Janelle Brown |
Ready for her close-up A doctor, educator, human rights activist and mother, Habiba Sarabi longs for a chance to work -- legally -- back home in Afghanistan... |
Salon.com December 6, 2001 Janelle Brown |
Putting the world on notice Delegates to the Afghan Women's Summit, deftly maneuvering past their differences, issue an ambitious agenda for inclusion in their nation's future... |
Salon.com October 19, 2001 Janelle Brown |
Optional burqas and mandatory malnutrition After spending 18 months studying Afghanistan, Dr. Lynn Amowitz reports that life under the Taliban is more brutal -- and more complicated -- than we suspected... |
BusinessWeek January 6, 2011 Jason Kelly |
Afghanistan: Land of War and Opportunity Where most people see only deprivation and misery, Paul Brinkley sees potential. With luck, business will agree |
Salon.com December 3, 2001 Janelle Brown |
Any day now Afghan women hope to use the momentum of international recognition to secure civil rights and a role in government... |
Salon.com September 19, 2001 Laura Miller |
The "enemy" we barely know A writer who has traveled extensively in Afghanistan talks about how little we understand its people, how dangerous it is to underestimate them and why they have cause to resent the U.S.... |
Popular Mechanics May 12, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
What the Firing of 4-Star Gen. McKiernan Means for Afghan War: Analysis What is the strategy in Afghanistan? |
Geotimes April 2004 Megan Sever |
Powerful earthquake strikes Afghanistan At 1:54 a.m. local time today (April 6, 2004), a magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the eastern province of Afghanistan. |
Entrepreneur September 2006 Kristin Ohlson |
The New World The opportunities in Afghanistan are once-in-a-lifetime. |
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson |
As They Train For War, Civilians Experience Two Cultures: Afghanistan and U.S. Military A group of civilians preparing to deploy to Afghanistan to carry out President Obama's vision to involve the entire federal government in the war gathered in a circle for an after action review at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center. |
Fast Company E.B. Boyd |
Getting Out Of Afghanistan Leaving Afghanistan has become one of the most difficult operations the U.S. military has ever undertaken. |
Geotimes April 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker |
Mapping secure boundaries for data In deciding what geospatial information could pose harm to the country if made public, government agencies must think like terrorists. |
Salon.com October 2, 2001 Janelle Brown |
The Taliban's bravest opponents An underground resistance of Afghan women risks torture and execution to alert the world to the regime's atrocities. One freedom fighter tells her story... |
Searcher June 2002 Irene E. McDermott |
Where was I? Maps on the Web There is a tremendous amount of spatial data on the World Wide Web: multitudes of maps; armfuls of atlases; cartloads of cartography. Enough to keep a map nerd like myself clicking and dreaming for years. Maps on the Web are designed for many uses, and many of them are free... |
Geotimes April 2003 Applegate & Baker |
Geosciences Again Look to Congress to Restore Cuts And we're off! The fiscal year 2004 appropriations process is underway, with one bright spot and several large challenges ahead for geoscientists. |
Salon.com December 11, 2001 Janelle Brown |
The women behind the women of Afghanistan Hena Efat was smuggled into the Afghan Women's Summit; her plan is to go home and fight some more... |
National Defense May 2004 Harold Kennedy |
The New face of Peacekeeping U.S. leaders have began to rediscover the value of peacekeeping operations. |
National Defense February 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Back From Afghanistan, Civil Affairs Unit Deploys to Iraq Elements of the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion are preparing, once again, to deploy into a combat zone. Perhaps within days, they will be on their way to Iraq. It will be the Army Reserve unit's second deployment in three years. |
Geotimes February 2006 |
Budget Blues and Bonuses In his State of the Union Address, President Bush gave the public a sneak-peak at his funding priorities for fiscal year 2007 in the sciences: In a nutshell... Renewable resources, alternative energy shifts... Other basic research... etc. |
National Defense August 2009 Berenson & Jovovic |
How Companies Can Capitalize On U.S. 'Smart Power' Approach Companies seeking to capture new business under new administration defense policies need to be able to work with multiple divisions of the government. |
Geotimes April 2004 Kamilli & Barton |
New Collaboration in Minerals Research Responsible and sustainable utilization of mineral resources is critical to societal well-being in the 21st century. Recognizing the opportunities that can come from cooperative interactions, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has increased its involvement with universities and other organizations. |
Smithsonian September 2007 Joshua Hammer |
Undaunted First Rory Stewart walked the breadth of Afghanistan. Then he took up a real challenge: restoring traditional architecture in Kabul. When Stewart is not overseeing his foundation, he is on the road wooing skeptics. |
BusinessWeek June 17, 2010 Smith et al. |
Afghan Mineral Wealth: No Easy Road for Westerners The Pentagon's projection of $1 trillion in Afghan mineral wealth turned heads, but it may be putting the hype in hypothetical. |
Salon.com November 16, 2001 Janelle Brown |
"Beneath the Veil" redux Documentary filmmaker Saira Shah returns to Afghanistan to find hopeful soldiers and starving children. Her film of the journey is called "Unholy War"... |
Geotimes September 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science... Maps: Lewis and Clark, USGS maps... DVD: Glacier DVD accolade |
Geotimes April 2006 Naomi Lubick |
Minerals Cut Again Again, the President's proposed budget for 2007 scuttled the USGS's Mineral Resources Program. The requested cuts affect the collection of data on everything from mineral formation to the extent of worldwide deposits of economic commodities. |
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Wants More Help From Allies? Not Really The hope is that President Obama's extraordinary popularity in Europe will translate into "enhanced contributions to the efforts in Afghanistan." |
Real Travel Adventures April 2006 Mary McIntosh |
Along the Khyber Pass Driving down the land route between Pakistan and India evokes a deep sense of the history that this pass has seen. |
Salon.com December 13, 2001 Janelle Brown |
An Afghan aristocrat fights for equality Leila Enayat-Seraj rolls up her couture sleeves to rescue Afghan art and restore civil rights for women... |
National Defense September 2015 Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Central Command Leads Push to Connect Allies in Common Network U.S. military leaders in regional commands have coped with limited interoperability with allies by setting up one-off communications systems. |
TIME Asia October 4, 2010 Aryn Baker |
A Failing Cause On Sept. 18, Afghans braved bombings, violence, ambushes and threats to cast their votes for members of the lower house of parliament. |
Outside November 2005 Mark Jenkins |
A Short Walk in the Wakhan Corridor Cross into this forgotten valley and you'll trade the insanity of modern Afghanistan for a far wilder frontier: a last-ditch, back-of-beyond outpost of breathtaking beauty, ancient strongholds, and 25 centuries of war. |
National Defense December 2015 Jon Harper |
New Afghanistan Troop Plan to Cost Billions President Barack Obama's decision to delay troop withdrawals from Afghanistan could cost $10 billion or more annually, analysts said. |
National Defense May 2011 Fred C. Lash |
Marines Take Steps to Avoid Costly Bottled Water Resupply The cost of delivering bottled water to the troops is rapidly becoming unsustainable. Bottles create large amounts of litter and are far more expensive than the water provided by military purification units. |
Geotimes October 2005 Jon L. Rau |
Teaching Urban Geology From the Bottom Up Middle- and High School-level textbooks do not contain sufficient geological data to illustrate interesting problems and natural hazards that are related to local geological urban settings, thus forcing teachers to do their own research. |
TIME Asia June 14, 2010 Tim McGirk |
Armed Farces The U.S. has spent $26 billion building up the Afghan army. But it is still poorly trained and rife with internal rivalries. Will it ever be fit to fight? |