Jason Criss Howk 15 May A typical peace process takes many years, even decades, to reach an acceptable level of stability and security. I have been reiterating that Afghanistan will be no different, there will be fits and starts, stoppages, reverses, and re-starts. That is NORMAL Don’t lose sight of the long term goals. The… Read More Afghan Peace Process Score-Card
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My latest article @clearancejobs news https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/03/22/time-morale-and-will-the-trinity-of-warfare-and-peacebuilding/ A look at the role of 3 vital factors in warfare and peace building “You truly cannot replace time. It can work for you and work against you. You cannot control it, even though humankind created the concept of tracking it. Time tracks us. It is a force that… Read More Time, Morale, and Will: The Trinity of Warfare and Peacebuilding
Jason Criss Howk 23 February 2020 Why Pakistan must change its calculations about using Unconventional Warfare against Afghans. This is from an open forum briefing to an international audience. The Pakistani generals present during this briefing agreed with the assessment. I wrote about the outcomes of this discussion here. https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/02/22/a-regional-perspective-on-the-war-in-afghanistan/ Start briefing: Pakistan has had… Read More Briefing on Pakistan’s campaigns against Afghanistan and why they have failed repeatedly
Six Books from Past Decades to Help Navigate the 2020s Jason Criss Howk 1 January 2020 While awaiting the football games today I have pulled out 6 books from my shelves that I am going to re-read this year to help me think about how to focus on the next decade. These books impact different… Read More Six Books from Past Decades to Help Navigate the 2020s
Afghanistan War Update: 11 September 2019 Jason Criss Howk, U.S. Army (Retired) According to The Times reporters Tomlinson and Sahi, “The Taliban vowed to fight on “for a hundred years” after President Trump revealed he had cancelled a secret summit with militant leaders and the president of Afghanistan, scrapping months of peace talks on the… Read More Afghanistan War Update: 11 September 2019
Jason Criss Howk 4 June 2019 Afghan war update The American strategy since 2009 has been to force the Taliban to deal with the offer of peace talks as a major issue that continuously sucks the morale out of their junior leaders and low level fighters. It’s a multi generation strategy and is how almost… Read More Afghan War update 4 June 2019
