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Surrender in Afghanistan—One Year Later

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

In the Media

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Taliban members ride on top of an armored vehicle on August 15, 2022, during a celebration of the first anniversary of the Taliban's return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Nava Jamshidi/Getty Images)

Central Asians and Taliban Rule in Kabul: Between Fear and Hope

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Commentary

Can the US and China Coexist Peacefully?

Michael Pillsbury

Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy

Michael Pillsbury

Commentary

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The RT-2PM2 Topol-M space intercontinental ballistic missiles, cold-launched, three-stage, solid-propellant, road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles with thermonuclear warheads. Rehearsal for Victory Day Military Parade in Moscow, Russia on April 26, 2012. (Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons)

New Thinking on Nuclear Weapons Deployed by Adversaries

Japan’s Aging Population

Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Satoru Nagao

In the Media

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An MV-22B Osprey lands aboard a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship for the first time on November 12, 2013, in Okinawa, Japan. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Matt Myers)

The High Ground in the Western Pacific

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

In the Media

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An Afghan woman begs for money from passing cars in the snow, with her child huddled beside her, on the Kabul road south to Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2022. (Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

A Year Later, the Afghanistan Withdrawal Causes Enduring Pain

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani

Commentary

Believing Jews Control Everything is a Moral, Intellectual Deficiency

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

In the Media

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Members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces participate in tactical exercises in the forest near Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 13, 2022. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Russia Can Still Be Defeated, but Time Is Running Out

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Transcript: US Withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s Return, One Year Later

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani

Commentary

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