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War On Terror. Ending the Post-9/11 Forever Wars (Rep. Barbara Lee, Brennan Center for Justice)

On September 11, 2001, the world witnessed a terrible attack against our nation that took thousands of lives and changed millions more lives forever....

Afghanistan. Sanctions alone won’t tame the Taliban (Brian O’Toole, Atlantic Council)

After two decades of conflict in Afghanistan, it’s difficult to imagine Western powers resorting to military intervention against the Taliban, even if the group...

Lebanon. Lebanon’s Student Movement: A New Political Player? (Kareem Chehayeb, Tala Majzoub, Arab Reform Initiative)

Students of Secular Club of the American University of Beirut (AUB) hold banner reading in Arabic 'education right for all' during a protest in...

TechInnovation/USA/Afghanistan. Lessons learned from the government’s failure to understand technology’s power (Shane Tews, AEI)

Taliban soldiers stand in front of protesters during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 7, 2021, via Reuters Following the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan,...

Afghanistan/Israel/Iran. The Real Lesson of the Afghanistan Debacle (Jonathan Ariel, BESA Center)

Afghanistan has proved once again that even a superpower cannot win a war against a proxy as long as it refuses to confront the...

Afghanistan/Pakistan. Taliban Victory Threatens to Be a Double-Edged Sword for Pakistan (James M. Dorsey, ORF)

Taliban in Afghanistan, image via Tasnim News CC Pakistani efforts to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan threaten to reinforce ultra-conservative inclinations in Pakistan itself,...

Afghanistan. The economics of the Taliban takeover (Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, ORF)

The speedy collapse of the Afghan security forces and the tactical offensive of the Taliban has been an intensely discussed issue amongst scholars and...

Af-Pak/Sri Lanka/Maldive. Evolving dynamics of the Af-Pak region and its impact on Sri Lanka and Maldives (Vinitha Revi, ORF)

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa tweeted on 18 August 2021 that he had spoken to the former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, “to inquire about...

War On Terror. 20 years since 9/11: Transnational jihadist threat remains constant (Kabir Taneja, ORF)

This year marks 20 years since the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington D.C. that changed global geopolitics in a matter of hours....

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