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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

Aug 19, 2021

Lipsky interviewed on NPR about denying the Taliban access to funds

By Josh Lipsky

Listen to the interview here.

Afghanistan Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 19, 2021

Samad quoted in La República: How Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan went from president to villain in hiding

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 19, 2021

Samad quoted in Voice of Vietnam on Ashraf Ghani – From head of Afghanistan to fugitive from the country

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 19, 2021

Nasr joins the Asia Society to discuss Afghanistan: The End of America’s Forever War and the Return of the Taliban

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 19, 2021

Preble in Politifact: Afghanistan fall, the refugee crisis and the United States

By Atlantic Council

On August 19, Christopher Preble was quoted in a Politifact article that examined a claim that President Biden had intentionally allowed Afghanistan to “fall apart.” Preble argued that the results in Afghanistan are due more to the actions of past administrations than the current one. “‘I have seen no evidence that President Biden let Kabul […]

Afghanistan English

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Samad quoted in The Seattle Times on how Ghani went from Afghanistan’s president to villain hiding in UAE

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Chaudhary joins BBC Newsnight to discuss the latest on Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Azodi joins VOA Farsi on corruption in the Afghani army

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Chilton named Mitchell Institute Explorer Chair for Space Warfighting Studies

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow General Kevin P. Chilton named Explorer Chair at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

Defense Policy Defense Technologies

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Lipsky quoted in Bloomberg on the Afghan economy

By Josh Lipsky

Read the whole article here.

Afghanistan Economy & Business