The dangerous illusions of nation building
The obsession with nation building in Afghanistan has led to disaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxl6WtPPBDc
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Il nuovo Afghanistan visto dalla Cina
Si contano i costi umani ed economici del ritiro americano e occidentale dallâAfghanistan, certo. Ma la vittoria talebana ha nondimeno implicazioni ideologiche travolgenti: scoperchia la crisi del vecchio ordine mondiale davanti…
La NATO che resta dopo Kabul
La sconfitta americana in Afghanistan è anche la sconfitta â politica, non militare â di unâalleanza occidentale che mostra periodicamente le sue crepe. Gli europei accusano a mezza bocca Joe Biden di avere preso una decisione unilaterale,…
Bidenâs fateful Afghanistan decision: a briefing in two instalments
Smoke and errors It is not quite the First Afghan War redux, but the victory of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is not far short of it. On 1 January 1842, following an âagreementâ between Major-General William Elphinstone,…
Now is the time for a US foreign policy overhaul
The Biden administration missed its chance to undertake a fundamental reevaluation of US Middle East policy in its early honeymoon period. There were urgent domestic priorities, there was a world of repair work to be done on U.S. alliances,…