LEADER 04206nam 2200493 a 450 001 9910698801303321 005 20120313153358.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002395898 035 $a(OCoLC)758487406 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002395898 100 $a20111025d2011 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Afghanistan question and the reset in U.S.--Russian relations$b[electronic resource] /$fRichard J. Krickus 210 1$aCarlisle, PA :$cStrategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College,$d[2011] 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 159 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aLetort paper 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed on Oct. 25, 2011). 300 $a"October 2011." 311 $a1-58487-513-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aSummary -- 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. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aSecurity, International$zEurope 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zAfghanistan 607 $aAfghanistan$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xRelations$zAfghanistan 607 $aAfghanistan$xRelations$zRussia (Federation) 615 0$aSecurity, International 676 $a327.7304709/05 686 $a7,41$2ssgn 700 $aKrickus$b Richard J$0961836 712 02$aArmy War College (U.S.).$bStrategic Studies Institute. 801 0$bGPO 801 1$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910698801303321 996 $aThe Afghanistan question and the reset in U.S.--Russian relations$93535404 997 $aUNINA