Ambassador Blackwill was featured in Financial Times U.S. policy in Afghanistan.

New social media platforms  emerge every day, so how do you know which ones are right for you? Or if you should use social media at all? Well, ask yourself a few questions: How much time do I have to update the platforms and build the community? How large is...

An op-ed by Ambassador Robert Blackwill was published on Politico.com, in which he explains why the counterinsurgency strategy (COIN) in Afghanistan will likely fail and offers de facto partiton as the best route forward. He thus suggests an option for U.S. Afghanistan policy between bringing the troops home in the...

During Digital Capital Week a panelist discussing social media mentioned a concept he called “scalable engagement,” referring to Twitter and Facebook. According to this panelist, both platforms have enabled communications and engagement that previously occurred on a smaller scale to not only shift easily, but also translate to a larger...