Articles by Anatol Lieven
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It’s Time to Ask: What Would a Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal Look Like?
Anatol Lieven | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Mar 2022
4 Mar 2022 – The West is morally right to oppose the illegal Russian war and to impose severe sanctions on Russia, but would be morally wrong to oppose an agreement to end the invasion and spare the people of Ukraine terrible suffering. America’s own record over the past generation gives no basis for such self-righteous hyper-legalism.
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Who Are the Islamic State in Afghanistan?
Anatol Lieven | Responsible Statecraft – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 – Today’s ghastly bombings reflect a real threat to the Taliban’s new-found control over the country — and to the U.S. evacuation on the ground.
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How the West Lost
Anatol Lieven | Prospect Magazine - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Sep 2020
After the long stand-off against communism, victory seemed as total as it was sudden. But the west has since fractured and is now losing prestige and influence—does the reversal expose a moral defeat?
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It’s Time to Trust the Taliban
Anatol Lieven | Foreign Policy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
31 Jan 2019 – Afghanistan’s jihadi insurgents are ready to give America what it wants: defeat without humiliation.
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