The Great Power Competition Volume 4

Lessons Learned from Afghanistan: America’s Longest War examines the lessons of how America’s “longest war” came to an ignominious end with staggering consequences for the United States and the Afghan nation. Afghanistan today faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, looming threat of a civil war and a resurgence of violent extremism organizations similar to pre-9/11.  As the U.S. enters a new era in the strategic geopolitical Great Power Competition, an analysis of the original mission