Why Afghanistan’s Fate Is Not Primarily A “Regional” Issue
Systemic Risks and Unlikely Normalization
A soldier with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, talks to local children while carrying out searches on compounds in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Photographer: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC, March 26, 2011. Source: UK Minister of Defence
The judgment of Joe Biden’s withdrawal of American troops from Afghanist…