This week on Foreign Affairs 8/21 Is Peace Possible in Afghanistan?

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Is Peace Possible in Afghanistan? Mullah Omar's Death and the Future of Peace Talks By Carter Malkasian The first seven months of 2015 were a hopeful time for Afghanistan. Even if the immediate opportunity for peace has diminished, a foundation of common regional interest persists. The United States and its allies should try to fortify this foundation so that the window of opportunity may reopen. Peace talks are not yet dead.     India's Achilles' Heel New Delhi Needs to Get Serious About Counterterrorism By Sumit Ganguly India is no better protected from terrorism now than it was in 2008. It needs to get serious about its counterterrorism strategy.     Toil and Trouble How Conflict and Climate Change are Triggering Witch Hunts By Evan Fraser, Alexander Legwegoh, Krishna KC, and Marion Davis Today, it appears that a mixture of deep-seated inequality, political instability, and agricultural disruption from climate change is sending the modern world back to the antiquated days of witch hunting. During such periods, human scapegoats provide an all too easy answer for things people can't control or explain such as bad weather or Ebola.     A Cuban Conundrum The Contradictions in Washington's Relations With Havana By Michael J. Bustamante Under the veneer of ceremonial good feeling, contradictions in relations among Washington, Havana, and the Cuban diaspora in Miami have endured.     The Scholar as Secretary A Conversation With Ashton Carter The U.S. secretary of defense talks to Foreign Affairs about the global role of the U.S. military and the ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine.