Greater Middle East may force China to project military power sooner rather than later
Recent months have not been necessarily kind to Chinese aspirations of remaining aloof to conflict beyond its borders.
Recent months have not been necessarily kind to Chinese aspirations of remaining aloof to conflict beyond its borders.
Expect the military officials who commanded Afghanistan to invoke ‘cutting and running.’ Let’s talk about why they failed.
The War on Terror-era neocon is at it again, scolding America for withdrawing from Afghanistan and advocating we stay in the game.
Will the departure of some 3,000 American troops from Afghanistan be a harbinger of a more fundamental realignment of U.S. Middle East security policy?
President Biden announced plans today to start evacuating at-risk Afghan interpreters and families. No criticism here.
The country’s long journey of competing political visions begins in 1964, and right now, the future seems up for grabs.
Leaving is the right thing to do, but failing to put effort into regional diplomacy now would be a real stain on his legacy.
Stunning find includes MoD plot to provoke Russia in Ukrainian waters last week and U.S. request to leave troops in Afghanistan.
What he gets from Biden will depend on whether his requests are compatible with the realities of the U.S. military withdrawal.
U.S. officials think Kabul could fall to the Taliban within six months, a sad indictment of our multibillion effort to build security there.
The pressure on Biden is increasing as the Taliban take more territory by the day, and the Pentagon continues to send mixed signals.
Few empires that have been able to unclench their fists and let go of self-destructive commitments.
It’s not clear how military strikes to protect Kabul wouldn’t become a slippery slope towards re-entering the war.
Maybe the congresswoman is the key to bringing peace between Iran and Israel. She’s bringing them together in ways no one has before.
Biden’s withdrawal plan should include Afghans who directly supported U.S. troops and are now vulnerable to Taliban reprisals.
For better or worse we stood up armed groups that are now operating under varying degrees of local, state and Taliban control.
Those who fought there say they are conflicted, angry, and sad, but knew for years that Afghanistan would never be ‘won.’
After the withdrawal the US can use aid as leverage, but it can no longer ignore the corruption festering in the system.
But questions remain about private security contractors and the ongoing debate over counterterrorism capabilities.
According to this exhaustive reporting, Trump’s thwarted revenge scenario was not what you might think. It just didn’t work.
Any new government in Kabul will likely need aid, which can be conditioned on preserving gains Afghan women have made.