A few days after the fall of Kabul into the hands of the Taliban, Ann Hornaday, a film critic in The Washington Post wrote that “we have seen this movie before.” This often-used expression also has…
Over the past two years, a bipartisan consensus has emerged thatthe United Statesshould leaveAfghanistan. This summer, PresidentDonald Trumprepeatedly claimed that he wanted out. So did the…
On the night ofAugust 17, as over 1,000 guests danced at a wedding celebration inDubaiCity, a hall inKabulnamed after the Afghan elite’s favorite weekend getaway, a 23-year-old interloper detonated…
The prospect of an end to the conflict inAfghanistanhas led manyU.S.foreign policy experts to ponder the ignoble conclusion of another war, now a half century past.Vietnamreportedly offers a…
Is the Red Sea moving toward an ordered space governed by capable states or toward a grey zone edging toward disorder? Read our February cover story to find out.