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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 18, 2021

Nooruddin quoted in Global Bursa: What will happen next in Afghanistan under Taliban rule?

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Nooruddin quoted in Radio Slobodna Evropa: The Taliban should not be trusted until they keep their promises

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Samad quoted in Hot News Romania: From the providential hero to the “traitor” who fled the Taliban: How Ashraf Ghani went from a star in the West to a president without a country

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Manning in The Hill: After hubris and humiliation in Afghanistan, will humility follow?

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On August 18, Robert Manning published an op-ed in The Hill entitled “After hubris and humiliation in Afghanistan, will humility follow?” Manning highlighted that, for the United States, there are “a surfeit of lessons to be learned — lessons about misjudging basic requirements of counter-insurgency; about the perils of mission creep and imposing US notions […]

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In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Samad quoted in Fortune: How Ashraf Ghani went from Afghanistan’s President to pariah in hiding

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Alam quoted in the Independent: Key players in the Taliban’s power structure

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Afghanistan Conflict

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Aug 17, 2021

Munter and Nasr quoted in The New York Times on the situation in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Crisis Management

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Aug 17, 2021

Alam quoted in Tribun News on the situation in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 17, 2021

Alam quoted in TRT World: How international actors laid the groundwork for Taliban rule

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Afghanistan Conflict

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Aug 17, 2021

Alam quoted in the Media Line: Taliban Say Won’t Take Revenge, Women’s Rights Respected

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Afghanistan Conflict