Responsible Statecraft 2021: Top 5 most-read articles of the year
This was a see-saw year with major headlines emphasizing the volatility of US relationships with the world. Our most popular stories reflect that.
This was a see-saw year with major headlines emphasizing the volatility of US relationships with the world. Our most popular stories reflect that.
To be successful in 2022, he needs to take more risks, and think less about political backlash from hawks and the Blob.
New data shows stunning plunge in coverage, just as the humanitarian crisis — much of it caused by Washington sanctions — peaks.
Washington is helping to set into motion the makings of a failed state — with all of the human suffering that comes with it.
The backlash and sense of betrayal during 20 years of war, which culminated with the Afghanistan withdrawal has taken its toll.
A new book finds that failure is baked in the cake yet the US insists on playing with fire again and again.
It may be too soon to erect a monument to a 20-year conflict that is ongoing and that many Americans still don’t understand.
Something is driving military men and women to suicide. It’s time to take stock of the tempo and deployments and figure out what.
Most spoke about the pride they felt in uniform, but disenchantment with the war, and a somewhat dismal view of the future.
The decision to freeze nearly $10 billion in government assets has put an already impoverished country on the brink of state collapse.
The former Afghan envoy popped up at a conference of U.S. war policy critics. He agrees with them, and perhaps that’s all that matters.
The only “winners” in the two-decade war are the members of America’s military-industrial-congressional complex.
We have to correct the widening disconnect between foreign policy decision-making and average citizens’ daily lives.
Uzbekistan has been discussed as the most likely contender to accept some sort of U.S. military presence, despite Tashkent’s denials.
In his first interview post-Afghanistan withdrawal, the longtime US diplomat is sometimes selective, other times brutally honest.
A veteran war correspondent recalls the ignorance, poor judgement, exceptionalism, and hubris in all of our interventions.
The Marine violated regulations and stood trial as a result. But his broadside against the generals in Afghanistan was spot on.
We know targets will be less accurate without on-the-ground intel, resulting in more civilian casualties and greater backlash.
Special forces veteran-turned-investigative journalist explains how drones became the ‘unblinking eye’ waiting for Afghans to ‘f-ck up.’
In just a few years, Doha has emerged from isolation and asserted its place in the region — and in Afghanistan.
Institutional interests, including military budgets and self-preservation, will drive bad national security decisions every time.