Commentary
As we close out another season of Strategic Europe, it is worth taking stock of the deep shifts underway.
Rym Momtaz
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Rudderless Diplomacy Is Exacerbating Afghanistan’s Crisis
International attention has been trained this week on Ukraine, where fears of an imminent outbreak of conflict have many observers worrying about the future of multilateralism in a period of strategic competition between the U.S., Russia and China.
By Erica Gaston
Published on Jan 24, 2022
About the Author
Erica Gaston
Former Nonresident Scholar, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Dr. Erica L. Gaston was a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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