March

Afghan Women at the Crossroads: Agents of Peace—Or Its Victims?
Despite the Taliban-fostered image that Afghanistan’s traditional society is not ready to accept women’s rights, Orzala Ashraf Nemat argues, the past thirty years have laid the groundwork for the active role of women in public life.
Afghanistan Agonistes: The Many Stakes in a Thirty Years War
Afghans largely recognize that their country has made considerable gains over the past decade, project director Jeffrey Laurenti argues in this background paper for the task force, but unreconciled internal divisions and the conflicting priorities of Afghans' foreign friends have aborted the country's return to stability.
Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace
The international task force organized by The Century Foundation, under the leadership of Ambassadors Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering, just released their report, Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace.
The Myth of Big Government
An issue brief by Bernard Wasow looks into the myth that big government is to blame for a decline in quality health care, overspending and overtaxing in the United States.
The Two Economies
Charles R. Morris writes about how the rich have economically recovered—but the rest of the country hasn’t in Commonweal Magazine.
Afghanistan Task Force White Papers
A list of White Papers from the Afghanistan in its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions Task Force and Project.