Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Washington has isolated the Taliban, a tactic that backfired the last time the group was in power.
Tag: Afghanistan War (2001- )
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Could Voters Conclude That Biden Is the Riskier Bet to Restore Order?
Donald Trump’s candidacy and message are likely to be about restoring a prepandemic order and a sense of security in an unstable world.
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American Muslims Are in a Painful, Familiar Place
There seems to be a sense of both resignation (we’ve been here before) and shock (but we’ve been here before).
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Ukraine, a Sniper Mission and the Myth of the ‘Good Kill’
A New York Times reporter who is a former Marine has a conversation with a Ukrainian sniper about morality in war.
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General Mark Milley’s Term Had It All
His four years as the senior military adviser to two presidents spanned an unusually chaotic period.