Robert Cassidy – E-International Relations

Author profile: Robert Cassidy

Robert Cassidy teaches at Wesleyan University as the Andersen Fellow in Defense and Foreign Policy. A retired Army colonel, he served in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Reflections on Afghanistan: War is Folly for the Weak on Wisdom and Will

Robert Cassidy • Sep 12 2021 • Articles

Afghanistan is not the graveyard of empires, it is the graveyard of strategy.

A Looming Peace for Afghanistan’s Long Hard War?

Robert Cassidy • Feb 26 2019 • Articles

The war in Afghanistan will not be a win, but a qualified conclusion. One scenario for ending it seems to be settling for a draw and a peace with some hope of enduring.

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