BIDEN FACES A BIG POLICY DECISION: WILL THE UNITED STATES LEAVE AFGHANISTAN WITHOUT WOMEN AT THE TABLE OF THE PEACE PROCESS?
As U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad reviews the peace process, is it reasonable for Biden to rein in the War on Terror or “forever wars” and rely on diplomacy instead? write Branka Andjelkovic and Humayoon Babur.
SHOULD U.S. FORCES STAY OR GO FROM JIHADI LANDS?
As the Biden administration addresses the threat from the hostile landscape inhabited by jihadis who continue to plot attacks on the United States, it must decide whether to continue or affirm the Trump administration’s retreat from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Somalia, writes Bennett Ramberg.
U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN IS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE ABANDONMENT
Any final outcome from the peace talks between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan must honor the sacrifices of Americans and Afghans, as well as the integrity of the Afghan constitution, the ideal of representative government, and the belief that all Afghans deserve equal consideration and treatment under the law, writes Haroon Azar.
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