patrol cities and villages. But Bremer's memo was ignored. Jones is the author of The Rise of European Security Cooperation (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He has published articles on U.S. foreign policy in The National Interest, Political Science Quarterly, Security Studies, the Chicago Journal of International Law, International Affairs, and Survival, as well as such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Newsweek, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, and Chicago Tribune. He was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1995, with High Honors in Government, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude. He received his MA (1999) and PhD (2004) from the University of Chicago. Foreign Policy Views On March 21, 2017, Seth G. Jones outlined an Afghanistan foreign policy strategy for the new Trump administration, in the article, “How Trump Should Manage Afghanistan: A Realistic Set of Goals for the New Administration.” (Jones) Jones describes that the current administration faces major issues in Afghanistan. The country is still a vital state in combating the war on terror. Jones discusses that the United States should have a realistic set of goals for Afghanistan. He states, “The United States should thus not expect the Afghan government to defeat the Taliban on the battlefield over the next four years of the administration. Instead, Washington should set a more realistic goal: to ensure that the Taliban doesn’t win. In order to do this, Washington could take several steps.” (Jones) Jones lays out two main areas the United States should focus on. First, the United States should continue to encourage for governance reform in the country. Past elections have been riddled with corruption. The United States has to push to make sure this does not happen. He also determined that the United States should encourage a “diplomatic reconciliation” with the Taliban. The next point Jones makes has to do with the amount of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. General Nicholson has requested, “several thousand additional troops.” (Jones) Jones concludes that this is a reasonable request. Jones has suggested that large-scale counterinsurgency operations involving substantial military components are likely to decline, although the US will remain obliged to conduct counterinsurgency operations into the future. Selected works Books Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare (W.W. Norton, 2021) A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland (W.W. Norton, 2018). Waging Insurgent Warfare (Oxford University Press, 2017). Hunting in