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The best case for withdrawing all US troops from Afghanistan
In The News
In 2018, Kolenda and US diplomat Robin Raphel also privately engaged in secret talks with the Taliban aimed at bringing the war to an end. Those talks helped pave the way for ...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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The best case against withdrawing all US troops from Afghanistan
In The News
President Joe Biden has a big, looming decision to make by May 1: whether or not to withdraw all 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan and end America’s 20-year war in the country....
By Lisa Curtis
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
With clock ticking before exit deadline, U.S. appears poised to postpone troop withdrawal from AfghanistanThe United States appears poised to extend its troop presence in Afghanistan beyond a May 1 deadline agreed to last year with the Taliban, as it races to secure an interim pea...
By Lisa Curtis
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
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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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Trump’s Afghan Troop Withdrawal Puts Biden in a JamAs President Donald Trump tries to end America’s longest war, he has settled on a compromise. Instead of withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Christmas, as he boast...
By Jim Golby
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
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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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
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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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
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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The stage is set for Afghan government-Taliban peace talks
In The News
Last week the Afghan government approved the release of 400 Taliban fighters, setting the stage for negotiations with the terrorist group which are due to begin imminently. Wi...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Nebraskans toiled at 'The Outpost' before horrifying attack portrayed in new war film
In The News
In the Hollywood version of Rob Yllescas’ life, the Army captain from Osceola, Nebraska, is talking Husker football in his last moments on Earth. “I do like football. Nebrask...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
A New Chapter in Fraught Ties Between President, SpiesPresident Trump’s combative relationship with U.S. intelligence agencies has made it difficult for officials to speak candidly to him or the public about national security thr...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Bounties Uproar Casts a Shadow Over a Rare Trump Foreign Policy Achievement
For a president with few tangible foreign policy accomplishments under his belt, Afghanistan had come to look something like a bright spot. His nuclear talks with North Korea...
By Richard Fontaine
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
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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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
For most of Afghanistan war, U.S. ‘never really fought to win,’ Trump declaresPresident Trump on Monday declared that the United States had “never really fought to win” in Afghanistan, except early in the nearly two-decade-long war, making a sweeping st...
By Richard Fontaine
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Veterans Of Afghanistan Conflict React To Negotiations Between U.S. And Taliban...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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The Taliban Peace Deal Might Have Been Had Many Years and Thousands of Lives Ago
In The News
The end was closing in on them. Not two months after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the Taliban’s Kandahar stronghold was about to fall to its Northern Alliance antagon...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Chris Kolenda On The Possibility Of Peace In Afghanistan
Chris Kolenda, founder of the Strategic Leaders Academy, talks about the possibility of a peace deal in Afghanistan. Listen to the full conversation on Sirius XM:...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
U.S. Heightens Attacks on Taliban in Push Toward Peace in AfghanistanThe Pentagon has stepped up airstrikes and special operations raids in Afghanistan to the highest levels since 2014 in what Defense Department officials described as a coordin...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Is Peace Possible In Afghanistan? Retired Army Officer Who Served There Weighs InThe Taliban said Monday it will participate in "intra-Afghan" talks in Moscow. The meeting Tuesday is seen as another step in a process aimed at resolving the longest war in A...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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U.S. Looks For Way Out Of Afghanistan During Talks With Taliban And Afghan Government
In The News
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Chris Kolenda about possible roadblocks as the U.S., the Taliban, and the Afghan government work toward reaching an agreement on a U.S. exit stra...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
