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Elizabeth Shackelford

Don't Ignore the War in Ethiopia

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

War in Tigray is escalating fast. “We have effective nonmilitary leverage and options in our toolbox and should use them,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Aerial view of smoke billows from the capital of Tigray.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

For the American Public, Military Conflict Is the New Normal

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The Hill
Coauthors

Dina Smeltz and Elizabeth Shackelford write in the Hill on the consequences of an American public desensitized to military action abroad, and what we must do about it.

.50 caliber machine gun fires on top of a tank during a combined arms live-fire exercise at night.
Sgt. Henry Villarama
US Foreign Policy

"Foreign Policy for the Middle Class" Mostly Gets It Right

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

“The administration should invest in making the case at home for how [foreign] policies benefit the American people,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a podium at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Ministerial Council Meeting on Oct. 5, 2021, in Paris.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Biden Says America Is Back at the Table. Is It?

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the Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford explains how it will take more than mere words to create the multilateral responses the world needs to climate change, COVID-19, and the global crises yet to come.

Flags outside of the 76th United Nations General Assembly in NY.
Diplomatic Security Service
Global Politics

Fixing Our Bureaucracy Would Have Saved Afghan Lives

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The Hill
Elizabeth Shackelford

"It may be too late for many of our Afghan allies, but we owe it to those we failed before and those who serve us in the future to fix this broken system," the Council's Elizabeth Shackelford writes with immigration lawyer Craig Richardson.

Afghans show documents to US troops in Kabul
REUTERS
Migration

We Are Still at War, and the Costs Remain High for Some

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"Years of mounting civilian deaths, with little acknowledgment, apology or recourse, have directly undermined our efforts to fight terrorism," writes Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford.

smoke with children in foreground
REUTERS
US Foreign Policy

Was a Responsible Exit Possible in Afghanistan?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The Council's Elizabeth Shackelford and Virginia Tech's Amanda Demmer explain how lessons from US military evacuations in South Sudan and Vietnam resonate with the current chaos in Afghanistan.

US troops afghanistan exit
REUTERS
US Foreign Policy

I Know Firsthand How Ugly a Wartime Evacuation Really Is

In the News
Politico
Elizabeth Shackelford

"There is no graceful way to flee a country at war," writes Elizabeth Shackelford. She saw this firsthand in South Sudan and notes what critics today are missing.

Silhouette of soldiers lining up to board a plane.
U.S. Africa Command
US Foreign Policy

Withdrawal from The "Forever War"

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CBC News (Canada)
Elizabeth Shackelford

Ahead of President Biden's address on August 31, Elizabeth Shackelford joins Ben Roswell on CBC News to discuss the US’s completed withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Screen shot of Elizabeth Shackelford speaking on CBC Canada.
CBC News Canada
US Foreign Policy

Disinformation Sowed Our Failure in Afghanistan

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"You cannot build good foreign policy on dishonesty. But we keep trying to because no one pays for it," writes Elizabeth Shackelford.

Man on bicycle in front of Hamid Kerzal International airport in Kabul
Reuters
US Foreign Policy