Though many are pressuring Biden to resolve the war in Afghanistan quickly once in office, it needs to be done slowly and carefully.
When President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, he will face many issues demanding immediate attention.
According to some, ending the two-decade-old U.S. and NATO military engagement in Afghanistan should be one of those.
Many also argue that the Feb. 29 deal between the United States and the Taliban requires American forces to be out by this May.
We disagree with both of these points. Biden should go slow on Afghanistan.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 22, 2020
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China’s Xi on the horns of lose-lose dilemmas -- Francesco Sisci, Asai Times
Inside the rapidly increasing US-Iran military tensions -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner
How To Deal With The Nuclear Skeletons In Iran's Closet -- Eric Brewer, War On The Rocks
Can the US force Iran out of Syria? Not likely, former officials say -- Jared Szuba, Al-Monitor
Iran Presses U.S. to Exit Iraq and Afghanistan, Maneuvers to Influence Both -- David Brennan, Newsweek
What the Navalny Affair Really Exposes -- Mark Episkopos, National Interest
Europe After the Panemic -- Antonia Colibasanu, Geopolitical Futures
An unraveling in the Horn of Africa? -- Cameron Hudson, The Hill
Has the EU lost Libya to Russia? -- Guma El-Gamaty, Al Jazeera
Suriname: The Next Oil Superpower or Failed State? -- Scott B. MacDonald, National Interest
US Navy needs a strategic communications adjustment -- REP. Rob Wittman (R-VA.), The Hill
How Biden can reenergize strategic arms control -- Hans Binnendijk, Defense News
Calling SolarWinds Hack ‘Act Of War’ Just Makes It Worse -- Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. and Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense
