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The Coming Disaster in Afghanistan

Unnamed Afghan0 Comments

Afghanistan, under Taliban control, is a powder keg ready to erupt with consequences that will ripple throughout the region and the world. The driving forces of this impending disaster are…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, attack, Budapest, China, Czech, East Asia, Foreign Policy, Iron Curtain, Japan, nazis, Nuclear Deterrence, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Vietnam, Weinberger Doctrine

Is America’s Foreign Policy Incoherent?

Michael Fincher0 Comments

American history is imbued with a long-standing skepticism of intervention and long-term commitments that began with George Washington’s farewell address. While there is wisdom in this view, it is even…

DevelopmentAfghanistan, Taliban, United States

Protecting the Hazara People of Afghanistan is a Moral Obligation the World is Failing to Meet

Alice Hickson

Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in September, more than 2,800 Hazara Shiites were forcibly evicted from their homes. As an ethnic and religious minority, targeted violence from the Taliban and the…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, Middle East, Syria, United States, Yemen

When it Comes to Security in the Middle East and Afghanistan, Climate Change is a Looming Threat

Perry Lum & Lilly Blumenthal

In response to the Taliban retaking power in Afghanistan, the United States and international donors have suspended aid and frozen billions of dollars in assets. The country, which is highly…

Government & PoliticsAfghanistan, India, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

An Interim Government Could Cause Chaos in Afghanistan

Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi

Speculation over the formation of an interim administration with a new political roadmap for Afghanistan is nothing new. It has been the talk of the town ever since the Trump…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, ISIS, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

With the U.S.-Taliban Deal in place, IS-K seeks to build a reign of terror in Afghanistan

Ahmad Shah Katawazai

Last Sunday evening, a large prison in eastern Afghanistan was stormed by IS-K militants resulting in dozens of casualties and hundreds of prisoners escaping. The sophisticated attack continued for almost…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, Al Qaeda, China, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Pakistan, Private Military Companies, Russia, United States

Paid to Kill: An Examination of the Evolution of Combatants for Hire

Joshua E. Duke

Throughout world history, as long as there has been conflict among people, there have been people willing to pay others to carry out violence. From assassins and mercenaries to bounty…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, Iraq, ISIS, Terrorism, United States

After Almost Twenty Years, America’s “War on Terrorism” Resembles Insanity

John Arias

September 11th, 2020 will mark the nineteenth year since the attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. For those nineteen years, terrorism underpinned U.S. foreign policy decision making. As a result,…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, NATO, Taliban, United States

Does the U.S.-Taliban Deal Devalue American Sacrifices and Betray the Afghan People?

Iqbal Dawari

Long-deferred political efforts to put an end to the protracted war in Afghanistan gained new life in 2018. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban, and NATO forces observed mutual…

Government & PoliticsAfghanistan, United States

Afghanistan’s 2019 Presidential Election: Leading Contenders

Mustafa Aryan

Seventeen candidates are running for the 2019 Afghan presidential election on September 28, 2019.The two leading candidates are the incumbent President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, who…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, India, Pakistan, Taliban

Is India’s Influence in Afghanistan Declining?

Pranay Kumar Shome

Following the conclusion of the eighth round of peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, a pressing question has emerged: what is India’s role in the…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

A Game as Old as Empire: The Return of Proxy Wars in Afghanistan

Tamim Asey

History is repeating itself in Afghanistan. Proxy wars and great power politics have returned to Afghanistan. Afghanistan is once again at the center stage of regional and global rivalries over…