Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
These are tough choices and many hands contributed to this. Many administrations in history all met with unhappy, extremely difficult challenge of Afghanistan.
It is pretty bad and I think it is going to get worse. I was just listening again to President Biden so the thing is that these talks with the Taliban that we initiated under President Trump, those were not peace negotiations. Basically, it was a surrender process
President Biden has been really forthright in saying his administration will be focused on democracy as a central plank of their agenda.
I think it’s a matter of time and how fast the ticking clock begin to tick. There is no doubt the Taliban emerges as the most significant military and political force in the country
I did understand over the course of the (Trump) presidency that we were dealing with a different actor on foreign policy. Somebody who had a different way of thinking about America's role in the world and speaking about it than did the establishment and did his predecessors.
Cyber security must be at the forefront and the U.S. must be on the leading edge of providing for security for our cyber networks.
Experts discuss tipping points in Iran, the future of the regime and what a post-Islamic Republic Iran might look like, and patterns in the history of authoritarian regimes.
It was really important to better understand, in a more systemic way, how are these technologies being used, how are they interacting and shaping some of the larger trends we are seeing, in particular when it comes to democracy and human rights idea.
The police is even acting directly against the minorities and the Delhi riots of 2020 showed that the police could be on their side in the street in their rioting activities.
The UN Security Council on Friday extended a deal that would allow cross-border humanitarian aid to continue flowing into Syria. This comes after a last minute compromise between the U.S. and Russia promising to help millions of Syrians for the next 12 months.