Biden’s post-Afghanistan foreign policy pragmatism may be wishful thinking given the history of hubris in American leadership
Completing the withdrawal from Afghanistan is a major foreign policy milestone in the first year of the Biden presidency. Is it promising, perilous – or pending? Ron Pruessen considers “over-the-horizon” possibilities in light of the foreign policy hubris of presidents past.
August 31, 2021: “Last night in Kabul,” President Joe Biden announced, “the United States ended 20 years of war […]
Biden’s messy Afghanistan withdrawal has increased the need to deliver on his domestic agenda
Biden’s messy Afghanistan withdrawal has increased the need to deliver on his domestic agenda
After nearly two decades of boots on the ground, last month American forces left Afghanistan, with the Taliban retaking the country much more quickly than had been anticipated by the administration of President Biden. In this Q&A, LSE Phelan US Centre Director Professor Peter Trubowitz looks at the withdrawal from Afghanistan in the context of a US strategic adjustment […]