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Secret Talks and a Hidden Agenda: Behind the U.S. Defense Deal That France Called a ‘Betrayal’
In The News
In the end, Mr. Biden’s decision was the result of a brutal calculus that nations sometimes make in which one ally is determined to be more strategically vital than another — ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Korean Peninsula’s Arms Race Heats Up
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Tensions on the Korean peninsula rose on Wednesday as North Korea and South Korea conducted missile tests within hours of each other. As well as statements of military readine...
By Duyeon Kim
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China slams U.S.-led plan to give nuclear submarines to Australia
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China slammed the new Indo-Pacific security alliance unveiled by the U.S., the U.K. and Australia on Wednesday, especially the plan to deliver nuclear-powered submarines to Ca...
By Van Jackson
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With foreign funds frozen, Afghan aid groups stuck in limbo
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A month after the fall of Kabul, the world is still wrestling with how to help Afghanistan’s impoverished people without propping up their Taliban leaders — a question that gr...
By Lisa Curtis
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US builds bulwark against China with UK-Australia security pact
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The US has launched a new trilateral security partnership with the UK and Australia that will enable Canberra to build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, a move that will ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump wanted out of Afghanistan. Now he wants to bomb it.
Donald Trump spent years arguing that America’s “endless wars” were draining the country of resources and lives. But in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from ...
By Lisa Curtis
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In Afghan Withdrawal, a Biden Doctrine Surfaces
In The News
In the chaotic finale of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan, a Biden Doctrine is emerging: a foreign policy that avoids the aggressive tactics of forever wars and nation bui...
By Lisa Curtis
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The U.S. ground war in Afghanistan is over. Now it’s the Navy’s turn.
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The American military’s involvement in Afghanistan could soon become largely the Navy’s responsibility, an ironic twist for a counterterrorism mission in a landlocked country....
By Becca Wasser
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Short on Money, Legal and Otherwise, the Taliban Face a Crisis
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As Afghans pay surging prices for eggs and flour and stand in long lines at the bank, money changers like Enayatullah and his underground financial lifeline have found themsel...
By Alex Zerden
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China, Russia Look to Outflank U.S. in Afghanistan
As U.S. forces beat a hasty retreat from Afghanistan, surrendering the country to an uncertain future under the Taliban, U.S. President Joe Biden and his top national security...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S. presses Pakistan as Afghan crisis spirals, leaked docs show
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The Biden administration is quietly pressing Pakistan to cooperate on fighting terrorist groups such as ISIS-K and Al Qaeda in the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan....
By Lisa Curtis
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Nuclear watchdog sounds warning over restart of North Korean reactor
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The UN’s nuclear watchdog has warned that North Korea appears to have restarted a critical reactor at its biggest nuclear materials complex, raising another security challenge...
By Van Jackson
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North Korea May Have Restarted Nuclear Reactor, UN Watchdog Says
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North Korea may have resumed operations at its plutonium-producing Yongbyon nuclear reactor in the past few months, the United Nations atomic watchdog said, a move that could ...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea’s Apparent Plutonium Moves Boost Nuclear Program, Invite U.S. Attention
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North Korea’s apparent resumption of plutonium production bolsters Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal both as a deterrent and a deal-bargaining chip for potential talks with the U.S....
By Duyeon Kim
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Biden’s Rushed Afghan Exit Adds Strains to U.S.-Pakistan Ties
Joe Biden’s hopes of keeping the Afghan Taliban in check will rely heavily on Pakistan, a neighboring nation that has close ties to the militant group but which has often prov...
By Lisa Curtis & Richard Fontaine
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Underestimating the enemy: why Biden’s Afghanistan exit went so badly wrong
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On July 8, Joe Biden stepped into the East Room of the White House to deliver a confident update on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.The US military had left Bagra...
By Richard Fontaine
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America bombs Islamic State. Once it quits Afghanistan, can it still?
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“TO THOSE WHO carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this,” said President Joe Biden, speaking after a suicide-bombing at Kabul airport kille...
By Lisa Curtis
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In Its Last Days in Kabul, U.S. Turns to Taliban as a Partner
In The News
Twenty years ago, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to get rid of the Taliban. Today, American forces, battered by one of the bloodiest attacks of the war, are relying for their ow...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S. spy agencies rule out possibility the coronavirus was created as a bioweapon, say origin will stay unknown without China’s help
The U.S. intelligence community has ruled out the possibility that the novel coronavirus that has killed more than 4 million people globally was developed as a bioweapon by Ch...
By David Feith
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Pentagon says threat persists after suicide bombings at Kabul airport
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Pentagon has said that the threat persists after ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the deadly double attack at Kabul airport. An attack in Kabul claimed by Islamic State kille...
By Richard Fontaine
