Research Centers

• -Afghanistan Analysts Network
• -Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• -American Enterprise Institute
• -Asia Foundation
• -Brookings Institute
• -Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• -Center for Strategic and International Studies
• -Council on Foreign Relations
• -CRS reports & issue briefs
• -Heritage Foundation
• -Hispanic American Center for Economic Research
• -Institute for the Study of War
• -International Relations and Security Network
• -Long War Journal
• -Middle East Research & Information Project
• -Strategic Studies Institute

Foreign Affairs Experts

• Anthony Cordesman
• Barnett Rubin
• Bill Frenzel
• Bruce Riedel
• C. Christine Fair
• Carl Forsberg
• David Mansfield
• Frederick Kagan
• Harvey Feldman
• John J. Tkacik Jr.
• Kimberly Kagan
• Lisa Curtis
• Martine van Bijlert
• Michael E. O'Hanlon
• Peter Bergen
• Peter Brookes
• Peter Pham
• Seth Jones
• Stephen Cohen
• Thomas Ruttig
• Vanda Felbab-Brown

Documents & Tools

• -Afghanistan Constitution of 2004
• -Afghanistan Index
• -Battle for Baghdad
• -Bonn Agreement of 2001
• -Drone Airstrike Statistics in NW Pakistan
• -Held by the Taliban
• -iCasualties
• -Iran Tracker
• -Pakistan Index
• -Talk to the Taliban
• -The War Logs
• -Topographical Maps (includes Afghanistan)
• -Year of the Drone

World News Links

• BBC
• Christian Science Monitor
• Daily Telegraph
• Dawn
• Financial Times
• IRIN
• ISAF news
• Janes
• Long War Journal
• Marketwatch
• New York Times
• Reuters
• The Guardian
• The Nation
• The News
• The Washington Post
• The Washington Times
• Tolo News (Quqnoos merger)
• UPI
• Wall Street Journal
• WNN

Recommended Summer Reading

• -"Beradar, Pakistan, and the Afghan Taliban: What Gives?"
• -"Counterinsurgency in Pakistan"
• -"Is a Regional Strategy Viable in Afghanistan?"
• -"Politics and Power in Kandahar"
• -"Russian Elite Image of Iran: From the Late Soviet Era to the Present"
• -"Subnational State-Building in Afghanistan" (Direct PDF link)
• -"The Sun in the Sky: the Relationship Between Pakistan’s ISI and Afghan Insurgents"
• -"Which Path to Persia?" (Direct PDF link)

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