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Local Afghan militia and Afghan Army soldiers consult March 14, 2007 in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Afghan troops, along with British Marine trainers, patrol through the area near the Kajaki hydroelectric dam. GETTY IMAGES via Foreign Policy
Analysis

How to partner with the Taliban

The Trump administration’s peace deal for Afghanistan needs a plan for the country’s most looming threat: international terrorists whom both sides oppose.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after news that Merrill Lynch & Co. was selling itself to Bank of America Corp. and the financial firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15, 2008. Photo: GETTY IMAGES via Foreign Policy
Analysis

What the 2008 financial crisis can teach us today

A soldier inspects debris at the site of a car bomb attack that took place at police station in Aden, Yemen, on Aug. 1. Photo- Getty Images via Foreign Policy
Analysis

Mohammed bin Salman’s collapsing coalition in Yemen means trouble for Trump