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ASPI suggests
Posted By Harry White on June 7, 2013 @ 14:30
The United States cannot afford to blunder its way into staying in Afghanistan, or to blunder its way out by making the wrong decisions about whether and how to stay.
If we can’t fix something this straightforward, how are we going to tackle everything else?
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8341819154_4fc7bce26f_c.jpg
[2] meet in California: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22785095
[3] chance to recast the century’s most important bilateral relationship: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21579003-barack-obama-and-xi-jinping-have-chance-recast-centurys-most-important-bilateral
[4] last, best chance: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323844804578528422057244626.html
[5] Cyber security: http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120215
[6] new report from ASPI on China’s cyber capabilities: http://www.aspi.org.au/publications/publication_details.aspx?ContentID=361&pubtype=-1
[7] a view on that subject here: http://www.afr.com/p/opinion/the_real_task_for_xi_and_obama_demand_8C3R1z2J4fe3oRLoz0YpCN
[8] from CSIS: https://www.aspistrategist.org.aufile:///C:/Users/harrywhite/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Word/That%20from%20CSIS
[9] France and Britain released statements: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/world/middleeast/france-and-britain-say-sarin-likely-used-in-syria.html?ref=middleeast&_r=0
[10] upcoming Presidential election: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139435/dennis-ross/dont-discount-the-iranian-election?page=2
[11] faced nation-wide protests: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/world/europe/turkey-protests.html?ref=europe&gwh=B6E60EC0D9DDBA5638C59510180771D7
[12] ASPI’s long standing interest in counter-piracy: http://www.aspi.org.au/publications/publication_details.aspx?ContentID=347&pubtype=10
[13] this paper: http://www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/Research---Gaming/International-Law/Recent-Publications/Information-Paper-Series/Information-Paper-Series-13-4-about-Private-Maritime-Security-Companies-(PMSC).pdf.aspx
[14] Canadian Parliamentary Budget Office's look at the budget: http://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/files/files/JSS_EN.pdf
[15] seems to have proved too large an obstacle: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/commissary-plan-backlash-show-difficulty-of-cutting-military-personnel-spending/2013/06/01/15fb6c12-c922-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story_4.html
[16] State of the Pacific conference: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/cap-events/state-pacific-conference#.UbEj2tIwcpl
[17] The White House: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/8341819154/in/photostream/