U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan

Old Wine in Trump's Bottle

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  • Monish Tourangbam Department of Geopolitics and International Relations. Manipal University, Karnataka, India

Keywords:

Donald Trump, United States, Afghanistan

Abstract

The Afghan government, along with the United States does not have what it takes to substantially win against the Taliban on the battlefield, but they do not want to lose either. So, the new U.S. strategy on Afghanistan that has come after much reviews and reassessment among Trump's inner circle of advisers is designed to avoid losing, rather than winning in Afghanistan. From a presidential candidate who believed that the U.S. should pull out immediately from Afghanistan to a president who has now owned the war publicly, President Trump has come a long way in a short time. However, it is still unclear what the new troop surge in Afghanistan is meant for, and what it sets to do, what has not been tried and tested already.

Author Biography

  • Monish Tourangbam, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations. Manipal University, Karnataka, India

    Monish Tourangbam is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations at Manipal University, Karnataka, India. He also currently a South Asian Voices Visiting Fellow at the South Asia Program, Stimson Center, Washington D.C. He is the Features Editor (Foreign Policy) for the Science, Technology, and Security Forum (stsfor.org).

The Dossier by IndraStra: Perspectives on Trump's South Asia Policy

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2017-09-11

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): Perspectives on Trump's South Asia Policy

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U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: Old Wine in Trump’s Bottle. (2017). The Dossier by IndraStra, 1(1), 5-8. https://ojs.indrastra.com/index.php/dossier/article/view/35