So the US wants help from Russia in Central Asia now?
Despite years of policy and rhetoric designed to reproach Moscow, Washington now needs help containing the Taliban.
Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow in defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., is the author of 12 books and more than 850 articles on international issues. His books include The Captive Press: Foreign Policy Crises and the First Amendment, The Korean Conundrum: America’s Troubled Relations with North and South Korea, and Gullible Superpower: U.S. Support for Bogus Foreign Democratic Movements. He received his Ph.D. in U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Texas in 1980. Dr. Carpenter, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, is a contributing editor at the National Interest and the American Conservative. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Strategic Studies. Dr. Carpenter’s work has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and many other publications. He is a frequent guest on radio and television programs in the United States and throughout the world.
Despite years of policy and rhetoric designed to reproach Moscow, Washington now needs help containing the Taliban.
A narrower diplomatic protest may be appropriate, but it’s not likely to compel real policy changes in Beijing.
Washington’s failed approaches to foreign policy and counterinsurgency is playing out today in our own backyard.
The Biden team is proving no better than Trump, bullying and treating allies as incapable of making their own decisions.