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Reflecting on Two Years of Taliban Rule

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Running Numbers by Lama El Baz

The anniversary of the Taliban's return to power has reignited a debate about how best to support the Afghan people.

Taliban fighters patrol on the road
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Public Opinion

What a BRICS Expansion Means for the US

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

The bloc's popularity signals dissatisfaction with the Western-run global order, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS group photo
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Global Politics

US Priorities for the G20

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India Today
Craig Kafura

The Biden administration's focus will be "firmly fixed on issues of development" at the New Delhi summit, Craig Kafura says.

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Bracing for Trump 2.0

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Foreign Affairs
Daniel W. Drezner

"Many global actors are anxious about the 2024 US presidential election," writes Nonresident Senior Fellow Dan Drezner in Foreign Affairs.

Donald Trump places hand over heart in front of a crowd in Waco, TX, podium with a sign bearing his name at right.
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US Foreign Policy

China's Ambitions and George Kennan's Legacy

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Security Dilemma
Paul Heer

Paul Heer weighs in on how Xi Jinping thinks and what role the intelligence community should play in foreign policy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on screen at the Museum of the Communist Party of China
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US Foreign Policy

Trump Didn’t Invent Isolationism

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Foreign Policy
Jordan Tama

History suggests the Republican Party will continue to argue over foreign policy beyond the MAGA era.

Former President Donald Trump stepping off his plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on August 24, 2023.
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US Foreign Policy

Watching US Military Assistance in Africa Go up in Smoke

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Crashing the War Party
Coauthors

Elizabeth Shackelford and Emma Sanderson join the podcast to unpack a new report on why US-Africa policy isn't working.

Nigerian special forces and Chadian troops participate with US advisors in the Flintlock exercise
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US Foreign Policy

The Risk of Framing Geopolitics as Us vs. Them

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Jurist
Elizabeth Shackelford

Leaning into the binary distinction between autocracies and autocracies doesn't seem to serve US interests, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

toy soldiers on a map
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Diplomacy and Africa

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Security Dilemma
Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackelford joins the podcast to discuss conflict in Somalia, the coup in Niger, and tensions in Southern Africa.

Nigerien national guardsmen sit outside the customs offices in Niamey
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US Foreign Policy

Biden's Foreign Policy Looks an Awful Lot like Trump's

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

US foreign policy under Biden is being built on a foundation established by his predecessor, Paul Poast argues.

Biden stands in front of the NATO flag
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