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Aug 31, 2021

Roberts featured in Asharq News on the implications of Japan’s increased defense spending in the Indo-Pacific

On August 31, Dexter Tiff Roberts was featured in an interview from Dubai-based Asharq News on the regional implications of Tokyo’s recent announcement of plans to increase its defense spending, focusing on the impacts this development will have on the US, China, Taiwan, and Japan (interview voice-over in Arabic). Read more about the author:

Indo-Pacific Security & Defense

In the News

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 […]

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 31, 2021

Hu in Foreign Policy on Afghanistan evacuations

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Evanna Hu quoted in Foreign Policy on evacuations in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Civil Society

In the News

Aug 30, 2021

Garlauskas participates in US Institute of Peace event on North Korea: “Whose court is the ball in?”

On July 28, Markus Garlauskas spoke at a US Institute of Peace event titled “Whose Court Is the Ball In? Making Progress on Peace and Denuclearization With North Korea” held at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC. Garlauskas cautioned against considering Kim Jong Un to be desperate, against optimism on the near-term prospects for diplomacy […]

Korea Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 30, 2021

Sadat in USA Today on Americans in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Mir Sadat quoted in USA Today on the need to evacuate Americans from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Civil Society

In the News

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.

Afghanistan Security & Defense

In the News

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 […]

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 26, 2021

Binnendijk in Defense News: Here’s how Biden could mitigate damage done by the Afghan withdrawal

By Hans Binnendijk

Hans Binnendijk and Robert Bell write that the United States must act quickly to mitigate the damage done to America’s global credibility and alliance leadership

Afghanistan Arms Control

In the News

Aug 25, 2021

Rothschild in The Dispatch: A Morgenthau moment for Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild offers recommendations to the Biden administration on how to avert a growing humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 25, 2021

Kroenig in the Hill on upgrading US missile defense in Guam

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig writes in the Hill on upgrading US missile defense systems to counter China.

Arms Control China