Opinion | What We Just Learned About American Power

kept by eddie jun 18

America's strategic defeat in Afghanistan reveals the limits of military power when unaccompanied by coherent political strategy and local legitimacy.

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The Trump administration considers designating Brazil's two largest drug gangs as terrorist organizations following lobbying by Jair Bolsonaro's sons.
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OpenAI Flips the Script
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