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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2021 (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen)

Commentary

The Afghan Effect: US Afghan Withdrawal to Accelerate Alliance Change

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Sep 1, 2021

Commentary

5 Min Read

In the Media

The Fall of Afghanistan and Joe Biden’s Withdrawal

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Sep 1, 2021

In the Media

In the Media

Joe Biden Has Done More To Undermine NATO Than His Predecessor

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Sep 1, 2021

In the Media

Taliban fighters on a pick-up truck move around a market area, flocked with local Afghan people at the Kote Sangi area of Kabul on August 17, 2021, after Taliban seized control of the capital following the collapse of the Afghan government (Photo by HOSHA

Commentary

Sanctions on the Taliban Will Hurt Afghan Citizens. Here’s How To Fix That.

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani

Aug 30, 2021

Commentary

6 Min Read

U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III (Photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images)

Commentary

Biden’s Afghan Best-Case Scenario

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Aug 30, 2021

Commentary

2 Min Read

Podcast

Counterbalance | Ep. 25: Afghanistan, Assessing the Failing Withdrawal

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Marshall Kosloff

Former Media Fellow

Michael Doran & Marshall Kosloff

Aug 27, 2021

Podcast

A U.S. Chinook military helicopter flies above the US embassy in Kabul on August 15, 2021. Several hundred employees of the US embassy in Kabul have been evacuated from Afghanistan, a US defense official said on August 15, 2021, as the Taliban entered the

Commentary

A Case for Foreign Policy Reform