Obama's Afghan arm-twisting : weakening Karzai to give him strength?

• Main Authors: Lorimore, Clint, Clarke, Ryan
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101735; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6083
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Obama administration's public criticism of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in recent weeks has spareked a great deal of speculation that it is looking to back an alternative candidate in Afghanistan's upcoming elections. However this move may be part of a diplomatic strategy to both spu...