Afghanistan, Russia, and the War Index

August 10, 2017 · Afghanistan, Today's Blogs, Magazine

President Trump has another Russian problem. Like other American presidents since 2001, Trump has been following in the footsteps of the failed Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-1989).

Battle of the Youth Bulge

November 29, 2007 · Gunnar Heinsohn, Blog

PAKISTAN'S GROWING WAVE of internal terror that led Pervez Musharraf to assume dictatorial powers on November 3 is commonly blamed on the country's poverty. Such an assessment, however, is not supported by the facts. Between 1979 and 2007, per capita income in Pakistan jumped from 600 PPP-$ to…