Rory Stewart on efforts to counter the Taliban 2, January 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in American ME Relations, Central Asia.Tags: Af-Pak, Afghanistan, New York Review of books, Rory Stewart, Taliban
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The ever-erudite and persuasive Rory Stewart has written an excellent essay on Obama, the US and their strategies to counter the Taliban. It’s well worth the read.
Rory Stewart on advice 3, December 2009
Posted by thegulfblog.com in Random.Tags: Harvard, Hilary Clinton, Rory Stewart
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Rory Stewart, the British academic, walker, sage and genius on being asked to give advice to, amongst others, Hilary Clinton.
“It’s like they’re coming in and saying to you, ‘I’m going to drive my car off a cliff. Should I or should I not wear a seatbelt?’ And you say, ‘I don’t think you should drive your car off the cliff.’ And they say, ‘No, no, that bit’s already been decided – the question is whether to wear a seatbelt.’ And you say, ‘Well, you might as well wear a seatbelt.’ And then they say, ‘We’ve consulted with policy expert Rory Stewart and he says …’”
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