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Biden will meet President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan at the White House.
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President Biden will meet with the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, on Friday afternoon at the White House to discuss ways to ensure a safe future for a country increasingly un...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
US Training Mission Uncertain as Afghan Withdrawal Nears EndThe fate of the international effort to train Afghan national security forces has become increasingly unclear as Pentagon officials point to other priorities with only about t...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
‘No Victory Dance’: Veterans of Afghan War Feel Torn Over PulloutWas it worth it? After two decades of midnight watches and gut-twisting patrols down bomb-riddled roads, after all the deaths and bloodshed and lost years, that was the one in...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
America’s Next InsurgencyBleeding Kansas began with an eviction attempt. In late 1854, Jacob Branson, an abolitionist from Ohio, started trying to kick Franklin Coleman, a slavery proponent, off his p...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
What Should Be Addressed in Austin’s Confirmation Hearing for Defense Secretary?Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing to become defense secretary. If confirmed, he would be...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Conspiracy theories and a call for patriots entice veterans at the CapitolThe day President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, Jeremy Michael Brown, a retired Special Forces soldier with multiple combat tours, was in Washington, D.C., dressed f...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
4 looming foreign policy crises that could derail Biden’s agenda early onPresident-elect Joe Biden may want his administration to focus on long-term issues like the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, rebuilding alliances, and America’s relations...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
The United States has closed at least 10 bases around Afghanistan. But drawdown details remain murky.The United States has closed at least 10 bases across Afghanistan since the signing of a deal with the Taliban in February, according to Afghan and U.S. officials, part of a d...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
Trump’s just-announced troop drawdown from Afghanistan and Iraq, explainedPresident Donald Trump is planning to withdraw more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, bringing a few thousand more service members home but still falling short of his promi...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
Biden Family’s Military Ties May Influence Approach to Policy in White HouseAs the U.S. military awaits its new commander in chief, experts predict that the White House under Joe Biden will cut defense spending, encourage more social diversity in the ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
Trump's Afghanistan withdrawal announcement takes US officials by surpriseDonald Trump has announced on Twitter that he wants to bring all US troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas – a plan that came as a surprise to administration officials and ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
3 Afghans accused of links to insider attacks that killed U.S. troops are among Taliban prisoners to be releasedThree Afghans accused of involvement in the deaths of U.S. troops in so-called insider attacks are among more than 300 high-value Taliban prisoners that the Afghan government ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
Rise in Virus Cases Near Bases in U.S. and Abroad Poses Test for MilitaryMore than 20,000 American service members have contracted the coronavirus, and the infection rate in the services has tripled over the past six weeks as the United States mili...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
Discussion of Russian bounties thrusts deaths of three Marines into spotlightWith a burst of light and dust, an armored vehicle carrying Marines outside a major U.S. air base in Afghanistan erupted into flames, killing three men inside and plunging th...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
US Forces Korea Permits Racial Injustice Protests on BasesThe demonstrators were like those protesting in cities across the United States. Many wore T-shirts saying "Black Lives Matter" and "I Can't Breathe," and they took a knee in...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
Trump stokes backlash with threat to use military against protestersPresident Trump’s threat to deploy active-duty military to quell protests across the country has raised concerns about the appropriateness of using U.S. armed forces to bolste...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
Bringing Back the Draft: 5 Possibilities for the Future of Military ConscriptionLate in the evening on Jan. 2, as Americans contemplated a return to work after the New Year holiday, shocking news began to ricochet across the internet: The United States ha...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
Veterans Of Afghanistan Conflict React To Negotiations Between U.S. And Taliban...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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In The News
National Security Human Capital
US, Taliban Reach Deal for 7-Day 'Reduction of Violence,' SecDef SaysDefense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday that a tentative deal has been reached between the U.S. and the Taliban on a seven-day "reduction of violence" in Afghanistan. "The...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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In The News
National Security Human Capital
Taliban’s Continued Attacks Show Limits of U.S. Strategy in AfghanistanThe Taliban and other groups carried out a record number of attacks in Afghanistan during the last several months of 2019, according to an inspector general report released Fr...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
