Jonathan Schroden

Proxy Pressure on Iran: The Promise and Pitfalls of Arming the Kurds

March 25, 2026
Jonathan Schroden and Zack Gold
Proxy Pressure on Iran: The Promise and Pitfalls of Arming the Kurds

A Strait Comparison: Lessons from the Dardanelles for a Strait of Hormuz Closure

June 30, 2025
Jonathan Schroden
A Strait Comparison: Lessons from the Dardanelles for a Strait of Hormuz Closure

Who Is to Blame for the Collapse of Afghanistan’s Security Forces?

May 24, 2022
Jonathan Schroden
Who Is to Blame for the Collapse of Afghanistan’s Security Forces?

Brutally Ineffective: How the Taliban Are Failing in Their New Role as Counter-Insurgents

November 29, 2021
Colin Clarke and Jonathan Schroden
Brutally Ineffective: How the Taliban Are Failing in Their New Role as Counter-Insurgents

Working with the Devil? The Potential for U.S.-Taliban Cooperation Against the Islamic State in Afghanistan

September 16, 2021
Jonathan Schroden and Alexander Powell
Working with the Devil? The Potential for U.S.-Taliban Cooperation Against the Islamic State in Afghanistan

Why Is It So Tough to Withdraw from Afghanistan?

April 8, 2021
Ryan Baker and Jonathan Schroden
Why Is It So Tough to Withdraw from Afghanistan?

There Was No “Secret War on the Truth” in Afghanistan

December 16, 2019
Jonathan Schroden
There Was No “Secret War on the Truth” in Afghanistan

Military Pressure and Body Counts in Afghanistan

May 17, 2019
Jonathan Schroden
Military Pressure and Body Counts in Afghanistan

Weighing the Costs of War and Peace in Afghanistan

March 21, 2019
Jonathan Schroden
Weighing the Costs of War and Peace in Afghanistan

Getting Ahead of the Implications of a U.S.-Taliban Deal in Afghanistan

January 31, 2019
Jonathan Schroden
Getting Ahead of the Implications of a U.S.-Taliban Deal in Afghanistan

So the President Wants Out of Afghanistan: What Happens Next?

December 21, 2018
Jonathan Schroden
So the President Wants Out of Afghanistan: What Happens Next?

How Special Ops Can Step It Up

December 19, 2018
Jonathan Schroden
How Special Ops Can Step It Up

Five Years Ago, We Assessed the War in Afghanistan for Congress: How Did We Do?

December 18, 2018
Jonathan Schroden
Five Years Ago, We Assessed the War in Afghanistan for Congress: How Did We Do?

Congress Asked for an Assessment of the War on Al-Qaeda. Here’s What We Told Them

November 23, 2017
Jonathan Schroden and Julia McQuaid
Congress Asked for an Assessment of the War on Al-Qaeda. Here’s What We Told Them

Afghanistan will be the Trump Administration’s First Foreign Policy Crisis

December 5, 2016
Jonathan Schroden
Afghanistan will be the Trump Administration’s First Foreign Policy Crisis