Strategy Considerations for Afghanistan

Strategy Considerations for Afghanistan

Recent deadly attacks on U-S troops in Afghanistan ratchet up pressure on President Obama. The ongoing debate among military strategists and the Administration over what to do about Afghanistan.

Recent deadly attacks on U-S troops in Afghanistan ratchet up pressure on President Obama. The ongoing debate among military strategists and the Administration over what to do about Afghanistan.

Guests

Paul Pillar

director, graduate studies at the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University and a former CIA National Intelligence officer

Peter Spiegel

senior national security correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Counselor and Trustee at the Center for Strategic & International Studies and Professor of American Foreign Policy at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He served as National Security Advisor to President Carter from 1977 to 1981. His most recent book, 'America and the World,' was co-authored with Brent Scowcroft.

Ret. General James Dubik

Lt. General James Dubik, former commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq. He is a senior fellow at the Institute for the Study of War and a former advisor to General McChrystal.

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