Chaudhary joins BBC World News to discuss the US diplomacy after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

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Chaudhary joins BBC World News to discuss the US diplomacy after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

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Chaudhary joins BBC World News to discuss the US diplomacy after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

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Sep 8, 2021

Chaudhary joins BBC World News to discuss the US diplomacy after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Conflict

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Sep 8, 2021

Ashford in Vox: “I think it’s the rise of China, and more broadly the fact that America is in relative decline … that is where we start hearing some talk of constraints.”

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On September 8, Ashford was quoted in a Vox article by Zack Beauchamp on the decline of liberal interventionism. “‘I don’t actually think that the failures of foreign policy in the Middle East alone were enough to catalyze this shift’ against interventionism, says Emma Ashford, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank. ‘I […]

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Sep 8, 2021

Brahimi in Foreign Policy: “20 Years After 9/11, U.S. Global Authority Is Weaker Than Ever”

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Afghanistan Crisis Management

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Sep 8, 2021

Zais in the Wall Street Journal: “The army needs to understand the Afghanistan disaster”

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Afghanistan Conflict

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Sep 8, 2021

Wechsler joins CNBC to discuss how Afghanistan will become a platform for international terrorism

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Afghanistan Crisis Management

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Sep 8, 2021

Alam wrote for Project Syndicate on the Afghan resistance: “Support Ahmad Massoud and the Afghan Resistance”

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Afghanistan Conflict

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Sep 8, 2021

It’s been twenty years since 9/11. The US Army still hasn’t learned to speak Arabic or Dari.

By Jon Tishman

The August withdrawal ended close to twenty years of combat operations in Afghanistan, while the US aims to end seventeen years of combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year. After such lengthy conflicts, one might expect the US Army to be overrun with soldiers fluent in Arabic and Dari. Despite repeated deployments and enough time to educate current senior leaders in the ranks from grade school skills to bachelor’s degree-level, the overall rate of soldiers conversant in target languages remains abysmally low in combat arms, even among codified linguist positions.

Afghanistan Iraq

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Sep 7, 2021

Raghuraman had an exclusive interview with Media Brief: Is Ideology Driving Tech Policy?

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Digital Policy Economy & Business

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Sep 7, 2021

Shahid joined Economic Reporters’ Forum in collaboration with the Research Policy Integration for Development and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung for a webinar: Cautious rope walking wise for Bangladesh skipping any orbit

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Bangladesh China

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Sep 7, 2021

Alam was quoted in CNBC News: “Fighting continues in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley as anti-Taliban resistance vows to hold out.”

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