04206nam 2200493 a 450 991069880130332120120313153358.0(CKB)5470000002395898(OCoLC)758487406(EXLCZ)99547000000239589820111025d2011 ua 0engurbn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Afghanistan question and the reset in U.S.--Russian relations[electronic resource] /Richard J. KrickusCarlisle, PA :Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College,[2011]1 online resource (xii, 159 pages) illustrationsLetort paperTitle from title screen (viewed on Oct. 25, 2011)."October 2011."1-58487-513-5 Includes bibliographical references.Summary -- Introduction -- The American skeptics -- Russian skeptics -- The American rationale -- The Russian rationale -- The study's objectives -- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The decision to invade -- Escalation -- Bringing the Red Army home -- What was happening? -- The U.S. reaction -- The end -- The failure to create a stable post-Soviet government and civil war. The United Nations proposal -- Why the proposal failed -- Washington's and Moscow's failure -- The Taliban and Osama bin Laden. The origins of the Taliban -- Osama bin Laden -- The United States acknowledges bin Laden as a threat -- 9/11 and war against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The September 2001 terrorist attacks -- Routing the jihadists -- The Karzai government -- Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda : an assessment -- A partial victory -- Three scenarios. The existing situation or plan A : an unstable but viable Afghanistan through COIN -- The insurgency -- The Karzai government -- Security forces -- The civilian-economic component -- Declining support for the war within the United States -- Pakistan -- Plan B : partition -- A Taliban victory -- The global jihadists prevail -- The Taliban return to power with a national agenda -- The Russian response -- Countering Afghan narcotics -- The struggle over Manas -- The northern distribution network -- Central Asia and the North Caucasus -- Concluding remarks and recommendations. Identifying the enemy : a civil war within Islam -- Making room for the rest -- The American malaise -- Sticking to the 2014 Afghanistan exit schedule -- Preparing for Bonn II -- Plan B : partition -- Preparing for the worst case scenario (Plan C) : a Taliban victory -- Confronting Pakistan -- The time has come to reduce our profile in the Middle East -- Sustaining and enlarging security cooperation with Russia.The ability of the United States and Russia to cooperate in Afghanistan represents a solid test of their reset in relations. The author provides the historical background to the Afghanistan Question and assesses current events in the Afghan war with three objectives in mind: 1) to determine whether Russian-American cooperation in Afghanistan has been successful; 2) to identify and evaluate the successes and failures of the counterinsurgency strategy as the transition from U.S. to Afghanistan authority gains traction in the 2011-14 time frame; and 3) to provide conclusions and recommendations bearing on developments in Afghanistan.Security, InternationalEuropeUnited StatesRelationsRussia (Federation)Russia (Federation)RelationsUnited StatesUnited StatesRelationsAfghanistanAfghanistanRelationsUnited StatesRussia (Federation)RelationsAfghanistanAfghanistanRelationsRussia (Federation)Security, International327.7304709/057,41ssgnKrickus Richard J961836Army War College (U.S.).Strategic Studies Institute.GPOGPOBOOK9910698801303321The Afghanistan question and the reset in U.S.--Russian relations3535404UNINA