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The 'mentoring' of the Afghan armed forces will increasingly feature in the Coalition agenda as its involvement in Afghanistan gradually shifts to an 'indirect approach' by 2015. Therefore, the challenge for Western policymakers will be to set effective long-term policies into motion while setting aside any false expectations of short-term success. However, Coalition policies in this area to date have emphasized building a quantitatively large Afghan military system in the short-term, with little interest, apart from rhetorical, in stressing quality.?This article argues that such policies will have profoundly negative implications for the ability of the Afghan state to build a relatively competent and sustainable military system.
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During the 2016 American presidential campaign, Democrats and Republicans alike repeatedly raised concerns at the prospect of Donald Trump being in charge of America’s nuclear arsenal based on his seemingly unstable personality. Unfortunately, this emphasis on Trump’s character distracted attention from any in-depth investigation into his long-standing interest in nuclear issues. This article seeks to remedy this shortcoming by highlighting the nuclear legacy Trump will inherit from Obama, surveying his statements on nuclear issues over more than three decades, and providing an analysis of constraining factors on his administration’s nuclear agenda, particularly domestic institutions. It finds that most of Trump’s views on nuclear issues are relatively consistent with past Republican presidents. Where he is unique, however, is in his use of social media, which has potential implications on nuclear signaling.
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