The Obama administration shelved the isolation strategy of its predecessor and is trying dialogue with the Burmese military government to push it toward reform.

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to a strategy of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. The central premise of counterinsurgency is to win hearts and minds and weaken popular support for the insurgents.

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He says the threat of terrorism cannot be completely eliminated but the dual strategy of decapitating the leadership and confronting its ideology will limit its effectiveness in the future.

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He says the current U.S.strategy of pushing for a two-state solution is not winning support from Israelis who want to see a partition but are worried about Israel's security with Palestinians running their own state next door.

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But she noted that the United States and its partners in the P-Five-Plus-One group the five permanent U.N.Security Council member countries and Germany are pursuing a two-track strategy of incentives for Iranian nuclear cooperation and "consequences" if it fails to fulfill international nuclear obligations.

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Admiral Mike Mullen, the Joint Chiefs chairman, says the United States should know by the end of this year whether the strategy is working.

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Rifat Atun is director of strategy, performance and evaluation at the Global Fund.

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Some experts see parallels between the Afghan strategy debate and the escalation of U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War in the 1960s.

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he's a critical voice of the military strategy and everything that's happened in the recent years in the country,".

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That sums up much of NATO's strategy for Afghanistan: Get Afghans working so they can sustain their own country.

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The senator added that the cornerstone of U.S.strategy should be the effort to shift responsibility to the Afghan people.

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The president is considering several options for his revised Afghanistan strategy, including a substantial increase in the number of troops deployed.

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Thailand's textile and electronics industries, driving forces of its industrial export strategy over recent decades, are dominated by female workers.

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The U.S.commander made the prevention of civilian casualties and protection of Afghans the centerpiece of his new military strategy.

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