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The Taliban economy: Will drugs be enough to support the Afghan people?
In The News
That is what experts are saying the Taliban will soon find after the Biden administration’s decision to abandon Afghanistan was followed by a hostile takeover of the nation by...
By Alex Zerden
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America is reliable, Harris tells allies eyeing Afghan chaos
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Vice President Kamala Harris sought to portray Washington as a reliable counterweight to China as the administration faces questions over its commitment to long-term partners ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Taliban Takeover Is a Boon for Cash-Strapped Iran
Read the full story and more from The Wall Street Journal....
By Rachel Ziemba
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House Bill Aims to Bridge Acquisition ‘Valley of Death’ In Race to Counter China
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Two provisions in the latest version of a House defense bill seek to bridge the "valley of death," the acquisition-process obstacles that can stop promising technology from ge...
By Martijn Rasser
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Taliban show off U.S.-made weapons and gear in a bid to intimidate, project authority
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“They want to convey not just authority, but intimidating authority,” said Katherine L. Kuzminski, a military policy expert at the Center for a New American Security think tan...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security Programs Announces Three New Adjunct Fellows
Washington, August 25, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce the expansion of its Energy, Economics, and Security (EES) program with the ad...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun, Alex Zerden & Michael Greenwald
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Afghanistan chaos tests Democrats’ opposition to US military intervention
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“Now that America’s participation [in Afghanistan] is ending on such a negative note, there may well be a rethinking of the balance between US action and non-intervention,” Ri...
By Richard Fontaine
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To Invade Taiwan, The Chinese Navy Could Mobilize The World’s Biggest Transport Fleet
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The Chinese navy now has access to 1.5 million tons of shipping that could carry an assault force across the Taiwan Strait and initiate an invasion of Taiwan. For those of you...
By Tom Shugart
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China’s digital yuan is a warning to the world
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In April 2020 a grainy screenshot of China’s sovereign digital currency, DCEP (short for Digital Currency/Electronic Payments) or the Digital Chinese Yuan (DCNY), was leaked o...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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What The Exit From Afghanistan Tells Us About How Biden Sees The World
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In January 2002, when the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan reopened for the first time since 1989, Ambassador Ryan Crocker said the first member of Congress to visit him in Kabul w...
By Richard Fontaine
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Three ways the victory of the Taliban might reverberate around the world
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World leaders are racing to evacuate their citizens from Afghanistan after the Taliban’s lightning takeover last week — but the impact of the Islamist militants’ control will ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Economic Crisis Looms for Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule
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As the Taliban take power in Afghanistan for the first time in 20 years, Afghans face not only a humanitarian crisis but also an economic crisis that threatens to make an alre...
By Alex Zerden
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‘No One Quite Knows What to Say’: A War Easily Ignored Ends With Few Answers
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At the main gate of this busy Army post is a sandstone slab etched with the names of Fort Carson soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. The slab ran out of room for names in...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Vaccine resistance in the military remains strong, a dilemma for Pentagon as mandate looms
The Pentagon’s effort to mandate coronavirus vaccination for all 1.3 million active-duty service members will continue to face resistance from a segment of the force, troops a...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Nebraska veterans, Gold Star families grapple with how Afghanistan War is ending
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Barb Yllescas-Vorthmann cried tears of grief a dozen years ago when a bomb on a bridge in a remote corner of Afghanistan fatally wounded her son, Capt. Rob Yllescas. He left b...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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What Corporate America Can Learn From the Navy’s Vaccine Campaign
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The corporate world may want to take a page out of the U.S. Navy’s manual when it comes to boosting workforce Covid-19 vaccination rates. The Navy is the pride of the U.S. mi...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The shipping supply chain is stressed from Covid. That makes it ripe for hackers.
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The global supply chain, where goods are shipped all over the world, is already stretched thin thanks to a year and a half of operating during a pandemic. It really doesn’t ne...
By Dr. Nina Kollars
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Was Biden handcuffed by Trump’s Taliban deal in Doha?
As President Donald Trump’s administration signed a peace deal with the Taliban in February 2020, he optimistically proclaimed that “we think we’ll be successful in the end.” ...
By Lisa Curtis
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CNAS Announces New Leaders and Members of AI Task Force
Press Release
Washington, August 19, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce new leaders and members of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Natio...
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Desperate Afghan Women Wait for U.S. Protection, as Promised
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Even as they cling to hope of being rescued by the American government, Afghan women who worked with the United States over the past 20 years are destroying any hint of that a...
By Lisa Curtis
