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NATO 20/2020

Twenty bold ideas to reimagine the Alliance after the 2020 US election

More than two decades after NATO’s inspired decision to invite former adversaries to join its ranks, the Alliance is in need of equally captivating ideas. The essays in this volume are intended to push the Alliance to think boldly and creatively in the service of recapturing the public’s imagination.

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In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Preble on The Ripon Forum: Measuring the Effectiveness of the War on Terror

By Atlantic Council

On September 9, Christopher Preble published an article entitled “Measuring the Effectiveness of the War on Terror,” in the Ripon Society. Preble wrote, “Nearly 20 years after the start of the US war, it is reasonable to wonder whether the entire undertaking was actually essential to defeating terrorists. Tragically, it might actually have made the […]

Afghanistan English

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Al-Masri quoted in the Times on recent Syria clashes

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Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Drun quoted in The Atlantic

By Atlantic Council

On September 2, 2021, Jessica Drun was quoted in an article by Timothy McLaughlin in The Atlantic, “China’s ‘Very Tricky Situation’.”

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Grundman in Aviation Week on the US defense-industrial base

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Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Steven Grundman writes in Aviation Week on changes in the US defense-industrial base.

Afghanistan Defense Industry

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Sales joins Madison’s Notes to discuss what wrong in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Conflict

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Sep 2, 2021

Sales joins Fox Business to discuss Pentagon teasing alliance with Taliban to combat ISIS-K

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Afghanistan Crisis Management

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Samad quoted in Nikkei Asia on Afghanistan’s vast narcotics trade under Taliban

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Afghanistan Extremism

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Warrick in The Washington Post: “I helped design the SIV program. It needs an urgent update if we want to help Afghan refugees.”

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Nasr quoted in Deccan Herald on Biden’s foreign policy in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Sakhi quoted in The GW Hatchet on the situation in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Conflict