Rubin in Foreign Affairs

Barney Rubin's latest in Foreign Affairs draws on his congressional testimony (posted last month) to compose a sobering "big picture" of developments in Afghanistan.  Another excellent contribution to understanding and rethinking a faltering strategy. The entire article is available online:

Saving Afghanistan
Barnett R. Rubin, From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007
Summary:  With the Taliban resurgent, reconstruction faltering, and opium poppy cultivation at an all-time high, Afghanistan is at risk of collapsing into chaos. If Washington wants to save the international effort there, it must increase its commitment to the area and rethink its strategy -- especially its approach to Pakistan, which continues to give sanctuary to insurgents on its tribal frontier.