In the Digital Age, Retrenchment May Not Make America Safer
In debates about U.S. retrenchment from the Middle East, non-material considerations like cyber power matter just as much.
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In debates about U.S. retrenchment from the Middle East, non-material considerations like cyber power matter just as much.
âTo govern is to choose,â a French prime minister once said, and this week, President Joe Biden made a difficult strategic choice. He announced a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, 20 years after they arrived. For several years, the United States had been unwilling to make a choice in Afghanistan, settling into a policy that was more a punt than a strategy. Biden should be commended for actually making a hard choice and not kicking the can down the road one more time. Was it the right choice? I believe so. Letâs recall that the United States has tried ...