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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 16, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in CNBC on how the Taliban has become more efficient since the 1990s

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 16, 2021

Wechsler quoted in Yahoo! Finance on the immediate need to evacuate at-risk Afghans

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Afghanistan Crisis Management

In the News

Aug 16, 2021

Nooruddin and Cunningham quoted in Xinhuanet: U.S. experts blast White House for strategic error in chaotic troop withdrawal

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 16, 2021

Wechsler quoted in ABC 6 on the challenges of rebuilding Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 16, 2021

Stefanini in POLITICO: What Biden lost in Afghanistan

By Stefano Stefanini

Ambassador Stefano Stefanin was quoted in POLITICO on the impact of the Afghanistan withdrawal on the United States' global credibility and the response from NATO allies.

Afghanistan Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Aug 16, 2021

Samad quoted in VOA News Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Taliban are back – what’s next?

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 16, 2021

Riaz joins Central Illinois Proud to discuss Afghanistan: The End of America’s Forever War and the Return of the Taliban

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 16, 2021

Samad quoted in Global Village Space: Taliban government installed in Kabul

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 16, 2021

Alam’s interview with Ahmad Massoud in Dnevno: “I am ready to negotiate with the Taliban” states Ahmad Massoud

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 16, 2021

Alam quoted in Newser: ‘One of the Saddest Images’ Out of Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Conflict