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Sep 2, 2021

Preble on the Net Assessment podcast: Did anyone win the “global war on terror”?

By Atlantic Council

On September 2, Christopher Preble and co-hosts Melanie Marlowe (CSIS) and Zack Cooper (AEI) discussed Daniel Byman’s “The Good Enough Doctrine: Learning to Live with Terrorism” on the War on the Rocks Net Assessment podcast. They debated on whether political leaders can tolerate some level of risk from terrorism in the same way that we […]

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Aug 31, 2021

Preble in The Washington Times: “They were on the record, less than a year ago in many cases, arguing in favor of withdrawal.”

By Atlantic Council

On August 31, Christopher Preble was quoted in a Washington Times article on the political fallout from President Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, and the risks for those who argue that the US military should have stayed. “It is predictable that Republicans will use this to score points, and if the shoe were on […]

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Aug 27, 2021

Kroenig and Ashford discuss the situation in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

On August 27, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the hasty evacuation after the Afghan government’s collapse, and the question of accountability in Afghanistan.

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Aug 26, 2021

Ashford in The New York Times: “We assume that because we are very powerful, we can achieve things that are unachievable”

By Atlantic Council

On August 26, Ashford was quoted in The New York Times on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and its implications for US foreign policy. “There’s no denying America is the most powerful country in the world, but what we’ve seen over and over in recent decades is we cannot turn that into the outcomes we […]

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Aug 24, 2021

Ashford in Foreign Affairs: Strategies of restraint

By Atlantic Council

On August 24, Ashford’s new article on US grand strategy, “Strategies of Restraint,” was published in the Sept/Oct issue of Foreign Affairs Magazine. “A growing chorus of voices are advocating a strategy of restraint—a less activist approach that focuses on diplomatic and economic engagement over military intervention. And they have found a receptive audience. In […]

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Aug 21, 2021

Manning in Voice of America Korea: “US experts warn North Korea of ​​criticism of Afghanistan, ‘Do not test United States-South Korea alliance'” [translated from Korean]

By Atlantic Council

On August 21, Manning featured in a VOA article about North Korea’s comments on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Manning cautioned that it was too early to know how the withdrawal might impact US relationships with allies in the region. “While the Afghan disaster, eerily similar to Vietnam, is not reassuring to US allies and […]

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Aug 20, 2021

Preble on the Net Assessment podcast: Afghanistan debacle

By Atlantic Council

On August 20, Preble and his co-hosts of the Net Assessment podcast talked about the controversy surrounding the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. They considered who should bear the blame for the chaos, and the possible impact on US credibility, with friends and adversaries alike, around the world. “Chris, Zack, and Melanie talk about the Biden administration’s […]

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Aug 20, 2021

Ashford in The Washington Post: Buried doubts and public deceptions in the Afghan war

By Atlantic Council

On August 20, Emma Ashford authored a review of Craig Whitlock’s new book, The Afghanistan Papers, which was featured on the front page of The Washington Post’s Sunday Outlook section. “By placing these events in a chronological narrative, and by juxtaposing the newly available private documents with public statements, Whitlock shows just how early in […]

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Aug 19, 2021

What Washington owes the American people after its Afghanistan failure

By Christopher Preble

The discussion about what the United States should do in the aftermath of its war in Afghanistan should proceed in three phases: now, soon, and soon thereafter.

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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 […]

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