Paul R. Pillar

Paul R. Pillar is a former deputy chief of the Counterterrorist Center at the CIA and a nonresident fellow of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Articles by Paul R. Pillar
A carpet bearing images of a map of Afghanistan and flags of different countries is pictured inside a shop on Chicken Street in Kabul. on Feb 2, 2015.
A carpet bearing images of a map of Afghanistan and flags of different countries is pictured inside a shop on Chicken Street in Kabul. on Feb 2, 2015.

Afghanistan Isn’t Good Terrorist Real Estate

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Good While It Lasted

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Think Again: Intelligence

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Don’t Blame the Spies

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Yes, America Is Exporting Terrorism

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Afghanistan Is Not Making Americans Safer

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How to Discourage the Speaking of Truth to Power

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