Helping to prevent the Afghan economy from collapsing is in the interest of Afghans, the region, and the United States as well.
The Taliban or a Failed State?
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Afghanistan
Biden at One
The Biden administration’s first year was a major course correction after Trump. But U.S. foreign policy needs transformation, not restoration.
The Handcuffing of Joe Biden
Trump didn’t just tie his successor’s hands. He handcuffed them to the throttle of a runaway train.
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.