Trump didn’t just tie his successor’s hands. He handcuffed them to the throttle of a runaway train.
The Handcuffing of Joe Biden
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Afghanistan
Did 9/11 Change Everything?
The 9/11 attacks were a surprise. The response wasn’t.
Post-Afghanistan, Nation (Un)Building Comes Home
Just imagine where America might really be today if Congress had spent close to $8 trillion rebuilding this country?
At the End of this Hated War, We Need Truth
The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should force a reckoning with a long history of military intervention.
Does the Future Belong to the Taliban?
Afghanistan is not the only place at risk of takeover by extremists.
Biden Must Call Off the B-52s Bombing Afghan Cities
The U.S. attacks will not stop the Taliban or end the war.
Is This Country Heading for the Exit?
Three decades after the Soviet empire headed for the exit, is it possible that the far more powerful American one is ever so chaotically heading in the same direction?
Osama’s Ghost: The Economics of Overextension
Twenty years of military quagmire of the Middle East has contributed to the fraying of the U.S. economy even as China has rapidly become the new center of global capital accumulation.
Afghanistan’s Green Future?
Can Afghanistan’s mineral wealth finance a transition to a carbon-neutral future?
International Law Uncanceled
The Biden administration lifted sanctions against the International Criminal Court. It’s not enough.