War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
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American embassy bombed in, 210
Kerry, John, xxix, 5, 46, 89–90, 123, 130, 158, 186–87, 196, 224, 225, 232, 234, 274, 278, 279, 282, 293, 296, 297, 298, 300, 301–2, 303, 304, 305
Kerry, Teresa Heinz, 123
Kerry-Lugar-Berman Act, 88–92, 115, 129
KGB, 22
Khan, Imran, 140
Khan, Ismael, 182
Khan, Kamal, 195
Khost, Afghanistan, 100
Khrushchev, Nikita, 16
kidnappings, 247–48, 249, 252
Kim, Yuri, xviii, 287, 290
Kim Jong Un, 285, 290
Kiriakou, John, 186–87
Kissinger, Henry, xxiv, xxx, xxxi–xxxii, 6, 20, 51, 58
Kolenda, Christopher, 103–4
Kondo, Marie, 270
Korea, xv
Kosovo, 40
Kot Lakhpat jail, 127–28
Kozyra, Jillian, 81–82
Kronstadt, Alan, 88, 95
Kunduz, 42, 174, 179, 181, 186, 193, 196
kurash, 198
Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), 159
Kurds, 159
Kushner, Jared, 266–67, 291
Kuwait, x, 234
Kyoto Protocol, xxiv
Lacombe, Brigitte, 110
La Curva strip club, 239
LaHood, Ray, 230
LaHood, Sam, 230
Lahore, Pakistan, 126–28
Lake, Anthony, 17, 38
Lamba, S. K., 86
Landler, Mark, 62, 109
Larsen, Don, 102
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), 43
Lasprilla, Jaime, 242
“Last Diplomat, The” (Wall Street Journal article), 151
Latin America, 163, 238
LaVine, Chris, 158, 159, 161–62, 163, 278
Lavrov, Sergei, 298
Leahy Law, 71–72
Leaning, Jennifer, 164–66, 181
Lehman Brothers, 38
Lew, Jack, 123
Lewinsky, Monica, 243
Liberia, 93
Libya, 208
“The Line,” 112
Locke Lord, 88–89, 129
Lodhi, Maleeha, 89
Los Fresnos, 246
Louisiana Purchase, 3
Lovett, Robert, 5
Lowenstein, Frank, 186–87, 232, 234–35
Lute, Douglas, xxvi, 65, 106, 107–8, 109, 140
Holbrooke disliked by, 108–9
Lyman, Princeton, 208–9
Maduro, Nicolás, 283
Mahogany Row, xvii, xviii, 12, 257
Mahogany Row Massacre, 260, 274, 287
Manusmriti, ix
marijuana, 247
Marine Amphibious Force, 17
Marines, US, 219
Marja, 104
Marquetalia, 246, 247, 250
Marshall, George, 272
Marshall Plan, 5, 292
Marshall Plan Charities, 171
Marton, Kati, 51, 54, 110, 111–12
mass graves, 164–66
Massoud, Ahmed Shah, 172
Mattis, James “Mad Dog,” 111–12, 157, 201, 265, 274, 284
troop levels set by, 156
May, Theresa, 281
Mazar-e-Sharif, 166, 179, 200–201
McCaffrey, Barry, 249, 251–52, 253
McCain, John, 224, 225, 226
McChrystal, Stanley, 66, 103–4, 113, 116, 296
resignation of, 105
Rolling Stone article and, 104–5
McDonough, Denis, xxviii
McGurk, Brett, 158–59
McHale, Judith, 93–94
McMaster, H. R., 201, 284
McRaven, Admiral, 143
McVey, J. Mark, 122
Meininger, Jason, 297
Mekong Delta, 59
Menkhaus, Ken, 209
Merkel, Angela, 282, 286
Meznar, Marc, 213–14
microfinance, 59
Middle East peace process, 266–67
Mills, Cheryl, 110, 123
Miloševic´, Slobodan, 39, 40
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, 138
missions, xxii
Mitchell, George, 54
Mogadishu, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215–16, 217
Mogadishu, Battle of (1993), 208
Mogherini, Federica, 298
Mohammed, Fazul Abdullah, 210
Mohaqiq, Mohammad, 177
Mohmand, Asif, 200–201
Montoya, Mario, 241
Moore, John, 36
Morell, Mike, 140–41
Morsi, Mohamed, 222, 230–31, 232
Mozang Chungi stop, 126
Mubarak, Hosni, 225, 229–30, 231
Muerte a Secuestradores (MAC), 248–49
Mughal Empire, 126
mujahedeen, 23, 170–71, 172–73, 182–83
Mullen, Mike, 132, 133, 137, 138, 141
Mumbai, India, 43
Munter, Cameron, 130
Musharraf, Pervez, 31, 35, 36, 41, 42, 44
Muslim Brotherhood, 222, 224, 226, 230–31, 232
Nairobi, 206–7, 214
Nangahar province, 182
narco-trafficking, 244
Nasir, Javed, 34
Nasr, Vali, 55, 64, 67, 92, 103
Nation, 89
National Defense University, 30, 242
George C. Marshall Hall of, 111
National Islamic Front/National Congress Party, 293
nationalism, 4
National Security Council (NSC), xxiv, xxvii, 63, 64, 97, 156, 187, 298
NATO, xx, 5, 39, 44, 53, 62, 262, 284
Bosnian air strikes of, 40
Nauert, Heather, 257, 258
Navy, US, 217
Navy SEALs, 131, 138
Negroponte, John, 54
Nejma Ezzohara, 227
Netanyahu, Benjamin “Bibi,” 235
News, The (Pakistani newspaper), 68, 89
New York (magazine), 300
New Yorker, The, 110
New York Times, xxviii, 16–17, 62, 68, 109, 145, 149, 190
New York Yankees, 102
Nicaragua, 281
Nicholson, John, Jr., 201
9th Marine Regiment, 17
Nixon, Richard, 19
Nobel Peace Prize, 40
nongovernmental groups, 56
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 81–82, 91–95
nonproliferation, xiii, xv, 309
Noor, Atta Mohammed, 177, 179, 182, 183, 200–201
Northern Alliance, 42, 176, 179, 180, 182, 210
North Korea, x, xx, xxiii, 284–90, 295, 309
six-party talks on denuclearizing of, 287–88
NSA, 146
nuclear-free zones, x
nuclear proliferation, x–xi, 24
Nuri, Nurullah, 174
Nutsch, Mark, 177–78, 180, 196, 197
Obaid-Chinoy, Sharmeen, 149–50
Obama, Barack, xxvi, xxix, 47, 50, 52, 54, 63–64, 67, 105, 108, 118, 120, 128, 132–33, 142, 159, 184–85, 201, 202, 209, 280, 291, 299, 300, 302, 304
Afghanistan trip of, 107–8
arms deal of, xxvi–xxvii
Dasht-i-Leili massacre and, 184–85, 187
Holbrooke tribute of, 122
noninterventionism of, 162–63
Panetta appointed by, 71
Taliban negotiations opposed by, 106
troop withdrawal deadlines of, 114, 116
Obama, Michelle, 192
Obama administration, xxxii, 6, 78, 79, 130, 135, 162, 236, 293, 295–96
Egypt and, 233–34
Iran deal and, 303
North Korea and, 288–89
power grabs of, xxvii–xxviii
State Department and, xxii–xxix
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 273
Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP), 53–59, 82–83, 106, 122, 147–48, 155, 158
policy papers of, 64–65
Olson, Richard, 136, 146
Oman,
299
Omar, Mullah, 42, 99, 102
“One Belt, One Road” initiative, 293
Orth, Rick, 214
Orwell, George, 36–37
Ospina, Camilo, 241
Otero, Maria, 97
Overseas Contingency Operations, xxiii, xxvi
Packer, George, 110
Pact of Paris, 4
Paisa, 237, 239, 240
Pakistan, xv, 6, 12, 15, 26, 30–31, 32–37, 41–42, 46, 53, 54, 59, 63, 65, 67, 78, 85, 96, 105, 113, 114, 151, 155, 175, 234, 252, 293, 294
aid workers targeted in, 93
alleged vote rigging in, 146
anti-Americanism in, 33, 73, 76, 93
assistance to, 134–35
black market arms sales by, 24
civilian aid package to, 88–93
counterterrorism of, 98
danger to reporters in, 69–71
double game played by, 42–44, 132–33
EJKs in, 7–10, 11
India relations with, 86–87
lack of American technical expertise on, 91
military academy of, 131
NGOs in, 81–82, 91–95
nuclear capacity of, 72
nuclear program of, 23, 24, 26, 27
Raphel in, 21–22
reaction to Kerry-Lugar-Berman Act in, 88–92
regional agreement and, 117
as sponsor of terrorism, 35
supply lines cut in, 133–35
Swat valley of, 8–9
Taliban extremists in, 42–43
Taliban funded by, 28, 29, 43–44
Taliban in, 101
Taliban supported by, 41–42, 173–74
terrorist safe havens in, 115, 116, 134
terrorists as proxy force for, 87–88
terrorists supported by, 43–44
US aid to, 9
US arms sales to, 23–24, 25, 29
US relations with, see US-Pakistan relationship
visa blocking in, 119, 138–39
water issues and, 97–98
Pakistani Army, 7–8
Palais Coburg, 296–97
Panetta, Leon, 71–72, 73, 128, 132–33
Paris, Treaty of, 3
Paris Agreement, 281–82
Paris Climate Accord, xxvi, 295–96
Paris peace talks, 19, 40
Parliament, Pakistan, 41
Pasha, Ahmed Shuja, 43, 44, 70, 73, 128, 130, 131, 133, 140, 141
Pashtuns, 177, 182
Pastrana Arango, Andres, 243–44, 250, 251
Patriot Act, 257
Patterson, Anne, 31, 73, 75–76, 90, 224, 225, 230, 231, 233, 234, 244
Pauli, Rosemarie, 56, 92, 123
Pennington, Bob, 177
Pentagon, see Defense Department, S
Pentagon Papers, 18
People’s Protection Unit (YPG), 159–60, 161
Peterlin, Margaret, xix, 257–58, 259, 261
Petraeus, David, xxvi, 64, 66, 76, 80, 88, 91, 92, 98, 111, 116, 130, 131, 133, 170, 296
Afghan strategy of, 61, 63
author’s first meeting with, 62
Holbrooke and, 61–62
reliance on counterinsurgency doctrine of, 60–61
Taliban negotiations opposed by, 103, 105–6
workout regimen of, 59–60
Philippines, 158
Phoenix Program, 245
Physicians for Human Rights, 165, 166, 185–86, 187, 195
Plan Colombia, 238, 243–45, 250–51, 252–53
Plan Lazo, 245–46, 248
Platt, Nicholas, 34
Polanski, Roman, 85
pomegranates, 79–80
Pompeo, Mike, 263, 268, 280
poppy cultivation, 79
Population Refugees and Migration bureau, 213–14
populism, xx
Portman, Natalie, 59
Pottery Barn rule, xxv
Powell, Colin, xxiii, xxiv–xxv, xxvii, xxxi, 41, 184, 261, 267, 278
Powell Valley High, 126–27
Power, Samantha, xxvii–xxix, 235–36
Predator drones, 74
Present at the Creation (Acheson), 5
Presidential Management Fellows program, 274
Pressler Amendment, 24, 27
propaganda, 272–73
Prosper, Pierre, 184
proxy wars, 162–63, 209, 216, 245, 252
Putin, Vladimir, 234
Qala-i-Jangi, 180–81, 186, 193, 195, 196
Qala-i-Zeini, 193, 196
Qanet, Bashir, 200
Qanyare, Mohamed Afrah, 210–11
Qatar, 101, 135, 157, 267
Qom, 299
“Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review,” 124–25
Quetta, 42
Quran, 170, 189
Qureshi, Shah Mehmood, 95–96, 130
Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, 222–23, 225, 226–27, 229, 231, 233, 235, 236
Rabbani, Burhanuddin, 24, 177
Rabbani, Mullah Mohammed, 173
Rangel and Pickering fellows, 274
Raphel, Alexandra, 14, 31, 145, 150
Raphel, Anna, 31
Raphel, Arnold, 21–22
death of, 25–26
Raphel, Robin, 10, 11–14, 21–22, 26, 28–29, 32, 56, 77, 90–91, 144–51, 173, 175–76
background of, 12–13
classified documents in home of, 144–45, 147
divorce of, 25
espionage charges dropped against, 148–49
FBI questioning of, 144–45
FBI surveillance of, 146–49
financial ruin of, 149
firing of, 145–46
FISA warrant on, 147
investigation for espionage of, 14
in Islamabad, 146
as lobbyist, 30–31
on talks with Taliban, 29–30
Rattner, Steven, 124
Raymond, Nathaniel, 186, 187, 196
Reagan, Ronald, 23, 24, 170, 247
Red Cross, 180, 181, 195
Reece, Matthew, 214
refugees, 59
Reines, Philippe, 110
Remnick, David, 110
Reston, James “Scotty,” 16–17, 57
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 240, 241, 247–48, 249–50, 251, 252–53
Rhodes, Ben, 50, 65, 66, 295–96
Rice, Condoleezza, xxiv, xxx–xxxi, 252–53, 260, 261, 277, 287, 289, 299
Rice, Susan, xxvii, xxviii–xxix, 49
Riedel, Bruce, 63, 65, 66–67, 103
Robinson, David Malcolm, xvi
Rolling Stone, 104–5
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 4, 79, 158
Rose, Charlie, 48–49
Ross, Dennis, 86
Rouhani, Hassan, 299–300
Rubin, Barnett, 55, 58, 102–3, 176
Ruggiero, Frank, 100, 101, 120, 125, 135
Ruiz, Jaime, 244
Rumsfeld, Donald, xxiv, xxv, 42, 175, 176
“Runaway General, The” (Hastings), 104–5
Rusk, David H., 16, 282
Rusk, Dean, 16, 57, 246
Russia, xi, 53, 86, 234, 272–73, 293, 298, 304
Rwanda, 10
Sadat, Anwar, 228
Sadr, Muqtada al-, 61
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 4
Salim, Suleiman Ahmed Hemed, 211
Salman, Mohammed bin, 267
San Vicente del Caguán, 250–51
Sarajevo, xxii, 59
Saudi Arabia, x, 93, 102, 157, 234, 267
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty, 296–97
Sayyaf, Abdul, 24, 25, 176–77
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 191
security clearances, xv
Sehmi, Preeyam, 206–7
Senate, US, 24
aid to Pakistan authorized by, 88
Foreign Relations Committee of, xxii, 186, 196
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of, xxi, xxiii, 12, 41, 162, 166, 171, 174, 175, 177, 208, 257, 295
sequestrations, xxvi
> Shah, Rajiv, 94, 95
Shahzad, Faisal, 76
Shahzad, Syed Saleem, 70
Shannon, Tom, xvii–xviii, xix
Shari‘a courts, 204, 208–9
Sharif, Nawaz, 32, 33–34, 90, 146
Sheberghan, 166, 170, 180, 181, 188, 193
Sherman, Wendy, 134, 300–301, 304, 307–8
Sherzai, Gul Agha, 182
Shinn, David, 209
Shultz, George P., xxx, 23, 26, 277
Siad, Yusuf Mohammed, 210, 219
Sibley Memorial Hospital, 120
Siegel, Mark, 35, 88–89, 129
signals intelligence, 146
Sinai, 228, 229, 233, 234
Sirkin, Susannah, 187–88
Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-, 157–58, 224–25, 231–32, 234, 235, 236
Snowden, Edward, 147
Soacha scandal, 240–41, 242
Somalia, 156, 203–21, 238
anti-American sentiment in, 218
arms embargo on, 214
Ethiopian invasion of, 216–18
regional peacekeeping force for, 213–15
transitional government of, 212–13
US-backed peacekeeping force in, 219
US opposition to peacekeeping force in, 213–15
warlord rule in, 210–12
Sorkin, Aaron, 171
South and Central Asia Bureau, 155, 171
South China Sea, 291
South Korea, 288
South Sudan, xxix, 293
Soviet Union, xxii, 5, 16, 22–26, 28, 87, 172, 208, 228
Spann, Mike, 180
special envoys, 277
Special Forces, US, 137, 217
Special Forces Team 595, 196–97
Srebrenica, 39
Sri Lanka, 32, 34
Stanford University, 277
State Department, US, x, xvii, xix, xx–xxi, xxiii, xxvii, xxx–xxxi, xxxiii, 3, 54, 55, 56–57, 78, 80, 82, 110, 124, 148, 155, 156, 171, 184, 190, 195, 209, 213, 224, 230, 234, 246–47, 283, 284, 295, 299, 306, 307
budget of, xxii–xxiv, xxvi
bureaucratic inefficiency of, 275–76
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at, 291
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 269
“Buy American” plan of, 156–57
China policy and, 290–94
Christmas party of, 121–23
counter-ISIL activities in, 158–59, 162
decline of, xxxi–xxxii
Diplomatic Security Service of, 30
domestic responsibilities of, 3
erosion of culture at, xix
on Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, 217
expert contractors in, xv
funding of, 273–74
Global War on Terrorism and, xxiv–xxv
gutting of staff at, 274–75, 276–77
Haqqani and, 34
hiring freeze at, 278
Historian’s Office of, 19
Iran deal and, 302
lack of Pakistan visas for, 76
Mahogany Row Massacre in, 260, 274, 287
mission statement of, 271
morale at, 278
North Korea unit at, 289–90
and Obama administration, xxii–xxix
Office of Global Criminal Justice at, 271