Indo-Pacific

Alam was on the Financial Times: Haqqani network’s clever game culminates with Afghan government roles

By Atlantic Council

#BritainDebrief – What went wrong for the British Army? A debrief from Simon Akam

By Ben Judah

For this #BritainDebrief, author Simon Akam sits down to discuss the state of the British Army ahead of the twenty year anniversary of 9/11.

Preble on Reason: Could the CIA and FBI Have Stopped 9/11?

By Atlantic Council

On September 10, Christopher Preble published on Reason an article entitled “Could the CIA and FBI Have Stopped 9/11?”. “Given this long history, and given the ample evidence that Al Qaeda posed a threat to Americans, Washington’s failure to stop the attacks has been a source of considerable attention and consternation. As with so much […]

Roberts in Nikkei Asia on Beijing’s recent crackdown on private businesses and its implications for China’s economic future

By Atlantic Council

On September 10, 2021, Nikkei Asia published an op-ed by Asia Security Initiative senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts titled, “Lacking a better game plan, Beijing will pick off more industries.” The article explores Beijing’s “squeeze” on technology sectors and highlights China’s growing economic vulnerabilities. Roberts argues that “this is bad news for Beijing’s plan to […]

Ashford in Defense Priorities: Lessons from Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

On September 10, Ashford contributed to a Defense Priorities Symposium on the lessons from the war in Afghanistan. “Defense Priorities organized this symposium to stimulate thinking about the most important lesson U.S. strategists and decisionmakers should take away from America’s longest war. Below are responses from scholars and experts who—unlike the architects and proponents of […]

Slocombe and Soofer call for the US to stay the course in missile defense in Breaking Defense

By Atlantic Council

Walter Slocombe and Robert Soofer argue that the United States should stay the bipartisan course in missile defense policy.

Sales quoted in Fox News on how the new Taliban is the same as the old Taliban

By Atlantic Council

Sales quoted in Fox News on Americans left in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council