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J. Peter Pham Writes Commentary on Mali Conflict (New York Times)

January 16, 2013

In an invited commentary published by The New York Times in its “Room for Debate” feature, J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, discusses whether or not Mali is turning into the new Afghanistan.

While acknowledging the perils of analogy in international affairs, the piece suggests that the parallels are there, not only in the threat to international security of having a territory the size of Texas controlled by al-Qaeda-linked militants, but also in trying to deal with that danger without first clearly defining the objectives and a finely calibrated and carefully sequenced approach to achieving them.

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