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USIP's Paul Hughes discusses the formation and mandate of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States as well as some of the commission's key findings and recommendations, such as reengaging Russia and strengthening the international nonproliferation regime.

Speaking at USIP, top Afghan specialists David Kilcullen and Andrew Wilder offered a somber assessment of the next two years of the war.

In September 2009, USIP grantee Gretchen Peters, author of "How Opium Profits the Taliban," discussed the drug trade in Afghanistan, the Obama administration's counterinsurgency strategy and the implications of continued U.S. efforts to stabilize the country.