The Taliban in power: Pakistan torn between satisfaction and anxiety
At first sight, the insurgents’ return to power is good news for Pakistan, but this could prove to be a Pyrrhic victory.
At first sight, the insurgents’ return to power is good news for Pakistan, but this could prove to be a Pyrrhic victory.
If policymakers fancy that the United States has some sort of obligation to “lead,” then they’ll have to reimagine what leading really means.
Top commanders are looking for absolution (while blaming their civilian masters). But what we need is accountability.
The failure of Afghanistan should open our eyes to the fact that we don’t really know other countries and cultures at all.
It’s called institutionalizing hubris, and it’s taking U.S. global foreign policy nowhere fast.
The prospect of new extremist threats pouring into or igniting within these states or just over the border is a real security issue.
As the US steps back militarily, regional states forever at each other’s throats are now quietly stepping forward diplomatically.
The chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal has renewed talk about striking out and leaning less on the U.S. But is it possible?
A former parliamentarian says his brother was just one casualty in a corrupt government abetted by Washington for years.
Congress’s blank check helped launched conflicts, many currently ongoing, that have nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
The findings come as a separate study estimates the US has so far spent $8 trillion.
Iran and the Taliban have mutual interests that will favor cooperation despite their long-standing rivalry.
Gulf states are likely to discover that they are stuck with a less committed United States. That reality will push them toward greater self-reliance.
Humanitarian assistance cannot depend on whether the insurgent group forms a government or what it looks like.
The US media’s coverage of the withdrawal focused on drama at the expense of the more important bigger picture.
But it was a trap laid by Osama bin Laden that only Washington could spring. And it did.
The apparent move came after a viral tweet calling attention to its relationship with the military industrial complex.
For President Bush, the only option was revenge, but an alternative path was available.
Everyone except the military industrial complex lost the ‘war on terror.’
The Taliban’s security problems are likely to be domestic and regional rather than hail from transnational jihadist groups.
The US military role in Afghanistan is over, but the costs will continue to mount as the forever wars rage on.