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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

Aug 23, 2021

Cunningham in The Hill: What Biden gets wrong in his rationale for Afghanistan withdrawal

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 23, 2021

Samad joins Bloomberg’s “Sound On” podcast to discuss Congress’ agenda and the Afghan evacuation

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 23, 2021

Nasr joins the Asia Society to discuss the end of America’s forever war and the return of the Taliban

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Afghanistan Crisis Management

In the News

Aug 23, 2021

Wieslander quoted in New York Times on Afghanistan

“The withdrawal fiasco will revive the strategic autonomy argument, but the best result, she said, would be ‘a European pillar in NATO’ that could — with major investment — provide some of the strategic airlift, surveillance, reconnaissance and command and control that only the Americans now provide. ‘If we want more capacity and burden-sharing,’ Ms. […]

Afghanistan Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Aug 22, 2021

Samad quoted in The Global Herald on the Taliban rule in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan China

In the News

Aug 22, 2021

Samad quoted in DW on the Taliban’s next possible steps

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 22, 2021

Samad quoted in Al Jazeera on the mounting challenges ahead as the Taliban retakes power

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Afghanistan Crisis Management

In the News

Aug 22, 2021

Alam in Asharq Al-Awsat: Ahmed Massoud Says Willing to Forgive for Peace in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 22, 2021

Kamal Alam with BBC Somali: Reconciliation of war: “How will the Taliban deal with resistance in the Panjshir Valley?”

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 22, 2021

Katz quoted in BBC News on the US not learning lessons from the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Conflict