Carl Conetta & Charles Knight are principal researchers at the Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA): innovative policy analysis since 1991. RTs= of interest.
Sep 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Important insights @steven_metz: "...partner regimes [such as the late Kabul gov.] ...are often unwilling to undertake the deep reform needed to eliminate the injustice, inequity, repression, corruption, or exclusion that fueled the insurgency in the first place." 1/4
"...the U.S. approach to #counterinsurgency expects America’s security partners to alter a political & economic system which directly benefits those holding power."
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