Foreign Policy Essay
The Bloody Toll of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Seth G. Jones Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 10:01 AM
Credible estimates show that the conflict has been Russia's most deadly since World War II.
Seth G. Jones is senior vice president and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is the author, most recently, of “Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran, and the Rise of Irregular Warfare” (W.W. Norton, 2021).
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Foreign Policy Essay
The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan: Getting History Right
Seth G. Jones Sun, Jan 13, 2019, 10:00 AM
Editor’s Note: President Trump's justification of his foreign policy often draws on bizarre theories and bad history. One of the worst recent instances was his claim that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan because of terrorism. This is wrong, but it raises the question of why Moscow did invade. Seth Jones of CSIS dissects Trump's claim and, drawing on Soviet archives, lays out the rationale behind Moscow's decisions.
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Foreign Policy Essay
The Islamic State-Taliban Rivalry in Afghanistan
Seth G. Jones Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 10:00 AM
Editor’s Note: Radical Islam is not a monolith. The Lebanese Hizballah fights the Islamic State in Syria, Hamas has crushed al-Qaeda sympathizers in Gaza, and—most importantly from a U.S. perspective—al-Qaeda and the Islamic State are bitter rivals. This tension shows up in Afghanistan, one of the most important U.S. theaters of war. Seth Jones of the RAND Corporation details how a surprising source contains the Islamic State there—the Taliban.
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Foreign Policy Essay
The Foreign Policy Essay: Iraq’s Lessons for Afghanistan
Seth G. Jones Sun, Aug 3, 2014, 10:00 AM
Editor’s Note: The chaos in Iraq has intensified since U.S. forces withdrew at the end of 2011, leading many to question the wisdom of that decision. Although the clock cannot be rolled back—and some see the strife as proof that the United States is best off getting out of the region altogether—the latest crisis in Iraq has raised questions about how to handle the end of the other major U.S. intervention since 9/11: Afghanistan. Seth G.