Afghanistan

(L to R) Taehyung/V, Suga, Jin, RM, Jungkook, Jimin and J-Hope of South Korean boy band BTS speak at the SDG Moment event as part of the UN General Assembly 76th session General Debate in UN General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, U.S., September 20, 2021. John Angelillo/Pool via REUTERS

From the Kabul airlift to BTS at the UN: South Korea’s middle power role

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

The U.S. Air Force has conducted the first flight test of an artificial intelligence “brain” system named Skyborg. The campaign is one step closer to developing unmanned “loyal wingman” drones, or remotely crewed aerial vehicles that can fly alongside jet fighters, bombers, and support aircraft. The Skyborg leadership team conducted a 2 hour and 10 minute flight test of the Skyborg autonomy core system, or ACS, aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, April 29. The USAF say: “The aim of the Skyborg Vanguard program is to integrate full-mission autonomy with low-cost, attritable unmanned air vehicle technology to enable manned-unmanned teaming. Skyborg will provide the foundation on which the Air Force can build an airborne autonomous ‘best of breed’ system of systems that adapts, orients and decides at machine speed for a wide variety of increasingly complex mission sets.” Where: Florida, United Kingdom When: 29 Apr 2021 Credit: USAF/Cover-Images.com

“War is interested in you”: Balancing the promise and peril of high-tech deterrence

Melanie W. Sisson

Friday, September 10, 2021

Afghan refugees are processed inside Hangar 5 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, September 8, 2021. Olivier Douliery / Pool via REUTERS

The evacuation of Afghan refugees is over. Now what?

Elizabeth Ferris

Friday, September 10, 2021

Nelson Mandela, Shibley Telhami, and Jehan Sadat at the Sadat Lecture at the University of Maryland at College Park, November 14, 2001.

September 11 and America’s response through the eyes of Nelson Mandela

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, September 9, 2021

world trade center

Twenty years later, how Americans assess the effects of the 9/11 attacks

William A. Galston

Thursday, September 9, 2021

U.S. President George W. Bush rides with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the front of his pickup truck as he welcomes Putin to his ranch in Crawford, Texas November 14, 2001. [Bush plans to treat Putin to Western-style entertainment and tour of his beloved ranch, as well as follow up on their talks in Washington on Tuesday on a new strategic relationship. ] Win McNamee / Reuters.

The impact of September 11 on US-Russian relations

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

People with face masks walk past US-Taiwan which are hung outside a restaurant , amid US’s ever-changing partnership with Taiwan and the escalating tensions between Taipei and China, in Taipei, Taiwan, 10 August 2021. The US-Taiwan tie is switching to a rapport through military, political, economy, and medical commitments and collaborations including arms sale and trade deals whilst the intensifying threats of China unifying Taiwan have brought uncertainty to the stability of regional security for south east Asia, according to some critics. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

America’s intensifying focus on Asia opens opportunities for strengthening US-Taiwan relations

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

File photo dated March 25, 2003 of United States President George W. Bush (R) speaks next to US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (C) and US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (L) during a visit at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. Photo by Alex Wong/Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Reflections on the long-term repercussions of September 11 for US policy in the Middle East

Itamar Rabinovich

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Afghan citizens, who have been evacuated from Kabul, arrive at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota Air Base in Rota, southern Spain, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

The war in Afghanistan has shaped an entire generation in the West

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, September 2, 2021

The flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) is pictured from the Dowqarun border crossing between Iran and Afghanistan, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran August 29, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Will the Taliban regime survive?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, August 31, 2021