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Capabilities in the region? let's ask seth jones, senior vice president and director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies and former senior advisor to the u.s. special operations command in afghanistan. he's also author of the book "in the graveyard of empires, america's war in afghanistan". so seth, nice to see you. thank you for coming in. so i guess basic question, are we safer now against the jihadist threat than we were 20 years ago? >> well, paul, i think we're safer today, that is, this very day this week, maybe this month, but my c...

>> is not it question about the terrorist challenge in afghan, it is about whether the terrorist challenge in 2021 is fundamentally different from the terrorist challenge in 2001 we believe it is fundamentally different when he to be postured effectively to deal with the terrorist and challenges we find today is a positive 20 years ago. paul: national security advisor jake sullivan this week saying the biden administration is clear right about the tear challenge coming from afghan rated so as the threat fundamentally different than it was 20 years ago and is the administration have strategy to...

Pentagon and intelligence officials say the US's information-operation capabilities have atrophied in comparison to its main rivals: Russia and China.

For US special-operations units, the cyber domain offers more opportunities to understand an adversary, find its weaknesses, and use them against it.

MQ-9 Reaper: The only option for SOCOM’s ‘armed overwatch’ role Dr. Michael Vickers 2 hours ago An MQ- Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs aerial maneuvers over Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June 25, 2015. (Senior Airman Cory D. Payne/Air Force) Much has been asked of our special operations forces over the past two decades, with constant deployments and multiple combat tours the norm. One thing that shouldn’t be asked of them is that they go into combat without the most effective armed overwatch capability available. To that end, U.S. Special Operations Command is neari...