The End of the War on Terror
By Navin Bapat On August 15, 2021, almost twenty years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Taliban recaptured…
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Why Statebuilding Didn’t Work in Afghanistan
Guest post by David Lake The collapse of the Afghan government illustrates the larger dilemma in all statebuilding…
Pro-Government Militia Attacks Surge Amid COVID-19
Guest post by Britt Koehnlein and Ore Koren The question of whether the COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike…
Has ISIS Made Gains as a Result of the Pandemic?
By Dawn Brancati and guest contributors Jóhanna Birnir and Qutaiba Idlbi Prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19…
The Shifting State of French Civil-Military Relations
Guest post by Chiara Ruffa and Yagil Levy France is in an uproar following an open letter republished…
What’s At Stake for Women in Afghanistan
Guest post by Madhav Joshi and Louise Olsson As Afghan government representatives, the Taliban, and international observers participated…
America’s Enterprising Extremists—Lessons from Pakistan
Guest post by Rabia Zafar After the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, terms like extremism and…
Conflict Has Changed Yemen’s Economy—What That Means for Peace
Guest post by R. Joseph Huddleston, David Wood, Daniela A. Maquera Sardon, and Jarrett Dang Protracted conflict changes…
Biden’s Afghanistan Decision
Guest post by Asfandyar Mir President Biden has inherited America’s longest war—the war in Afghanistan—at a critical moment.…
The US Designates Yemen’s Houthis a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Guest post by Marta Furlan As the clock ticks for the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…