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This is how US incompetence led to Afghanistan horror

(Business Day) – What is shocking, given the experience of national security and foreign policy team Joe Biden has assembled, was the sheer failure of…

As Pence blasts Biden on Afghanistan, former Pentagon chief Esper suggests Trump also played a role

(The Week) – Former Vice President Mike Pence and former Defense Secretary Mark Esper are offering slightly different views on President Biden's exit from Afghanistan.

Mike Pence: Biden Broke Our Deal With the Taliban

(WSJ) – It’s a foreign-policy humiliation unlike anything our country has endured since the Iran hostage crisis.

CNN’s Poppy Harlow Will Take Hiatus to Pursue Legal Studies (EXCLUSIVE)

(Variety) - “I’m here to stay for good as a journalist, but I wanted to learn more about the law,” Harlow explains in a recent…

Reaction podcast: Niall Ferguson and Iain Martin in conversation

(Reaction) – On the 6th of July 2021, Reaction hosted an event at the famous Garrick Theatre in London, with professor Niall Ferguson, one of…

America’s Child-Tax-Credit Bonanza

(Project Syndicate) – The monthly Child Tax Credit that went into effect in July represents a massive opportunity for businesses.

The Korean Way With Data: How the World’s Most Wired Country Is Forging a Third Way

(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) – What can and should be learned from innovative Korean policies and practices?

Pence convenes GOP donors, luminaries at Jackson Hole retreat

(Politico) – It's the first such event the former vice president has held since leaving office in January.

Women’s Democracy Network Fireside Chat with Sarah Stern

Experts weigh in on Afghan government collapse, Taliban in Kabul

(CNBC) – CNBC's 'Squawk Box' team discusses the fall of the Afghan government and the Taliban taking Kabul with Mick Mulvaney, former OMB director.

Newt Gingrich: Afghanistan a ‘major American defeat’ that will embolden China

(FOX) – China doesn't care what the Taliban does to women --- they just want Afghanistan's minerals, Gingrich said.

Afghanistan: Four key failures

(GZERO) – The crisis in Afghanistan amid US withdrawal will have international significance for the US.