2001 Publications Archives
2001
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Opinions and Editorials
U.S. Support for Northern Alliance Rankles Pakistan
by Ahmed Rashid
Published originally on Eurasianet.org October 22, 2001 - Pakistani officials and Pashtun commanders loyal to former King Mohammed Zahir Shah are displeased with US reluctance to support efforts to launch anti-Taliban military operations in southern Afghanistan. US hesitation stems from concern that Pakistan's Interservices Intelligence (ISI) may be trying to create another pro-Pakistan government from the rump of the Taliban and other pro-Pakistani Pashtun tribal chiefs - just as the ISI did with the Taliban seven years ago.
India and Pakistan and the Dangerous Politics of National Identity
by Stanley Kober of the Cato Institute
October 15, 2001 - "Having undertaken a war against bin Laden and his organization in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, the United States must also deal with the political unrest that affects the entire region stretching from the Middle East to South Asia, unrest which is also rooted in issues of national formation and identity."
Sustainable Peace: Moving Beyond Terrorism
by V. S. Arunachalam and Rahul Tongia
October 11, 2001 - On the one month anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, professors Arunachalam and Tongia discuss how a sustainable peace may be developed to combat future incidents of terrorism.
Presentation of Raymond Saulnier, Former Head of the Council of Economic Advisors
by Josh Kolchins
President Eisenhower applied the astute organizational abilities honed throughout his extensive military career to forging a strategic, tactical approach to fighting recessionary tendencies during his administration, stated Raymond J. Saulnier at an October 11, 2001 Eisenhower Institute luncheon discussion. This was the main theme of Saulnier's presentation on President Eisenhower's efforts to combat recession and their relevance to the current economic situation.
The Terror
by Ambassador Phillip C. Wilcox
Originally published in The New York Review of Books on September 23, 2001 - The Bush administration has declared "war" against terrorism, suddenly shocked into realizing that it is now the foremost danger to America's national security. The administration has not yet defined this war, although a head of steam is building for military action. Armed force, however, while politically popular, is usually an ineffective and often counterproductive weapon against terror. Before acting, the US would be wise to construct a more sophisticated strategy. This should include strengthening traditional methods of counterterrorism, while reserving the use of force as a limited option. But a new national security strategy must also include a broader foreign policy that moves away from unilateralism and toward closer engagement with other governments, and that deals not just with the symptoms but with the roots of terrorism, broadly defined. The catastrophe of September 11 could give powerful momentum to such changes.
U.S. Lacks Knowledge to Launch Land War
by Ahmed Rashid
Originally published in The Guardian on September 19, 2001 - American military action against Afghanistan is unlikely to begin for another four to five weeks because of Washington's lack of knowledge and intelligence about the situation, Western sources said yesterday.
Terrorist Attack - A Call to Action
by General Andrew J. Goodpaster
September 18, 2001 - Goodpaster, former assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, calls for coordinated action both at home and abroad to confront the challenges posed by recent events in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. Follow this link to view his ideas on fighting the "War on Terrorism."
Pakistan Faces Stark Choices with Profound Implications for Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
Orignally published on Eurasianet.org September 17, 2001 - Pakistan's military ruler President Pervaiz Musharraf has pledged full cooperation with the US against terrorism, but Pakistan will need to carry out a U-turn in its policy of support to the Taliban if it is to regain the West's confidence and end its present diplomatic isolation. The stark policy choices the Pakistani military faces may involve a complete turn around from its 20 years of clandestine support of Jihadi parties and the growth of a Jihadi culture that have sustained its policies in Kashmir and Central Asia.
A Letter from Pakistan
Lt. General Syed Refaqat (Ret.) of Pakistan
September 16, 2001 - Lt. General Refaqat contributes his commentary on the fallout in his country resulting from the terrorist attacks on the United States.
Occasional Papers
U.S. Nuclear Posture: Time to Reshape and Realign
by General Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA (ret.)
Spring 2001 - This paper responds to a growing belief that the time is opportune for a renewed look at the means of assuring and advancing our nuclear security. It takes as the appropriate starting point an examination of just what security needs and purposes our country's nuclear weapons forces and nuclear weapons establishment should serve, acting as they do in conjunction with "associated measures" such as verification, non-proliferation and missile defense, all joined in nuclear security efforts as part of our overall framework of security strategies and policies in the world's "geopolitical" environment now and foreseen.
Articles
Effective National Security Advising: Recovering the Eisenhower Legacy (PDF-49K)
By Fred Greenstein and Richard H. Immerman
2001 - During his time in the White House, Eisenhower was beloved by the American people, but widely perceived by political cognoscenti to have been a mere presidential figurehead. We now know, however, that the former supreme commander was an astute and informed political leader who advanced his purposes by playing down the political side of his leadership and playing up his role as a head of state whose public appeal transcended partisan divisions.
Eisenhower and the Red Menace (PDF-79K)
by Michael J. Birkner
2001 - On March 4, 1954, the editorial cartoonist Herbert Block took on one of the most controversial issues of the time in his daily offering in the Washington Post. He featured two of the dramatis personae of the day: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, war hero-turned-chief executive, and Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, then at the height of his crusade against "communists in government."