U.S. Foreign Policy

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN NOVEMBER 19, 2021: People are seen aboard an evacuation flight to Russia. Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered to organize evacuation of over 380 citizens of Russia, CSTO member states (Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia), Ukraine and Afghanistan by military transport aircraft. Three Ilyushin Il-76 airlifters of the Russian Aerospace Forces have delivered 36 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Valery Sharifulin/TASS.No use Russia.

Afghanistan since the fall of Kabul

Madiha Afzal and Nicholas Danforth

The Warcast

Friday, November 12, 2021

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 4, 2021: A boy sells water on the city streets. On August 15, the Taliban forces entered Kabul without any resistance from the government, President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country. On September 6, the Taliban stated they had established control over the whole territory of the republic. A day later, new government members were revealed to include solely Taliban representatives and be mostly Pashtun, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. Alexandra Kovalskaya/TASSEDITORIAL USE ONLY; NO COMMERCIAL USE; NO ADVERTISING.No use Russia.

What’s going on in Afghanistan?

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Bryce Klehm, and Scott R. Anderson

The Lawfare Podcast

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

There Is Nothing For You Here

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

By Fiona Hill

2021

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a bilateral meeting with Swiss Interior and Health Minister Alain Berset on the sidelines of the opening of the 74th World Health Assembly at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland May 24, 2021. Laurent Gillieron/Pool via REUTERS

Covid and the end of the post 9/11 era

Thomas Wright and Gideon Rachman

The Rachman Review

Thursday, September 9, 2021

A member of the Taliban force stands guard at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Insurgency is easier than governing: The future of the Taliban in Afghanistan

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Scott R. Anderson, and Doyle Hodges

Horns of a Dilemma

Friday, September 3, 2021

A military helicopter lands at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Why did state-building efforts in Afghanistan fail?

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and David Dollar

Monday, August 30, 2021

Afghan collaborators, their families, Spanish soldiers and members of the embassy board a Spanish military plane as part of their evacuation, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 27, 2021. Ministry of Defense of Spain/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

The world reacts to Afghanistan

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Suzanne Maloney, Madiha Afzal, Yun Sun, Bryce Klehm, and Joy Neumeyer

The Lawfare Podcast

Friday, August 27, 2021

Imagen de archivo de personal de seguridad vigilando el exterior del Instituto de Virología de Wuhan durante la visita del equipo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a cargo de investigar los orígenes del COVID-19, en Wuhan, provincia de Hubei, China. 3 de febrero, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Archivo

The IC’s report of the origins of the pandemic and the PRC’s hysterical propaganda onslaught

Thomas Wright and Ian Masters

Background Briefing

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden greets Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

What will US combat forces withdrawal mean for Iraq?

Ranj Alaaldin and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, July 29, 2021

A member of Taliban forces inspects the area outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Counterterrorism after the Afghanistan withdrawal

Daniel L. Byman and Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Conversation Six

Thursday, July 29, 2021