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Afghanistan/Global Security. The Failure in Afghanistan and the Fallout for Global Security (CIGI)

Christopher Alexander Looking back on the strategies that the United States, the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deployed in Afghanistan whose...

Russia/USA. Lessons for Russia From the U.S. Leadership Crisis (Carnegie Moscow Center)

Alexander Baunov U.S. President Joe Biden’s first speech following scenes of chaos and tragedy as the Taliban retook control of the Afghan capital Kabul contained...

USA. September 11 in the White House (Brookings)

Bruce Riedel I was in the Situation Room in the White House on September 11, 2001 when the second plane crashed into the World Trade...

USA. TechTank Podcast Episode 26: How will Biden’s broadband infrastructure plan address rural poverty while closing the digital divide? (Brookings)

Nicol Turner Lee In early August, the U.S. Senate unveiled the draft language for the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1 trillion bill that...

Gulf States. Social protection, not just legal protection: Migrant laborers in the Gulf (Brookings)

Noha Aboueldahab Recent developments in labor reforms across the Gulf countries are encouraging signs of a much-needed overhaul of protective systems for migrant laborers. Qatar’s...

Egypt/Gaza. Egypt Closes Gaza Border Amid Tensions with Hamas (VoA)

Egypt closed its main border crossing point with the Gaza Strip on Monday amid tensions with the territory’s militant Hamas rulers, officials said. It was...

Afghanistan. Firefight Kills Afghan Security Officer Outside Kabul Airport (VoA)

Ayaz Gul Germany’s military reported Monday a firefight erupted outside the north gate at Kabul’s airport, with unknown attackers killing one Afghan security officer dead...

Afghanistan. Taliban Targets Panjshir Valley as Resistance Leaders Remain Defiant (VoA)

Jamie Dettmer The Taliban are dispatching hundreds of fighters to the Panjshir Valley, 150 kilometers north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, to try to stamp...

Syria. Turkish forces and their proxies continue intensive attacks on SDF-held areas from al-Qamishly to rural Aleppo (SOHR)

Areas under the control of Syria Democratic Forces and affiliated military councils and formations along the Syria-Turkey border have experienced considerable military escalation by...

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