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Expectations were pervasive on both sides of the Atlantic that Joe Biden’s election as US president would usher in a new era of vigorous transatlantic cooperation. Biden made every effort to encourage that perception. In his February 19th…

Strategic implications for Europeans? European leaders have little right to complain about American actions given the weakness of the European effort in Afghanistan over the past twenty years. Most Europeans were only present in…

The killing of Osama Bin Laden in 2011 was a major success for US President Barack Obama, one that marked the US military superiority and, at the same time, opened an exit from Afghanistan. With Bin Laden out, it was possible to say that…

As debates on the rout in Afghanistan grow, it is vital that the US and its allies take a hard look at what went wrong in their strategy, lest the same mistakes are repeated again. The campaign has been a long, difficult and unprecedented…

Sono giorni difficili per chi ha un interesse per le vicende afgane, che abbiamo visto scorrere sotto i nostri occhi. Dapprima con incredulità, poi con rassegnazione, cercando di allacciare i fili che legano insieme la storia recente.…