ARTICLE: Can Spheres of Influence Solve Afghanistan?, By Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review, 11 Dec 2009

I like this Gvosdev piece a lot. It echoes a lot of what I've been saying for a while, but does it far better by giving details (e.g., the de facto spheres that are already happening with Indian and Chinese influence).

I will confess to my usual laziness: propose the downstream reality and then let the details come to you from others who know more. Learned that from Cebrowski, as I noted in one of my books.

(Thanks: Jeffrey Itell)