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US now at most isolationist stage since WW2, says former UK diplomat
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US now at most isolationist stage since WW2, says former UK diplomat

How has America's withdrawal from Afghanistan affected the US-UK "special relationship"? For former UK diplomat Rory Stewart, the hasty pullout without consulting close allies is only the latest example of the US — under first Trump and now Biden — being at the most isolationist stage on foreign military interventions since World War II.

Former Central Bank Governor Ajmal Ahmady discusses Afghanistan's perilous future
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Former Central Bank Governor Ajmal Ahmady discusses Afghanistan's perilous future

Ian Bremmer speaks to exiled Afghan Central Bank Governor Ajmal Ahmady on his own harrowing escape and the perils that await the very much aid-dependent country's economy now under Taliban control.

Calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan was a crisis of Biden’s own making
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Calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan was a crisis of Biden’s own making

Joe Biden has been looking for a way out of Afghanistan for decades, and regardless of how ugly things get, he's not turning back. After Trump reached a deal with the Taliban in 2020 to end the war, Biden decided to stick with the arrangement, overruling his own generals. Ian Bremmer explains that while he agrees with Biden's decision to get out, he did not foresee the incompetence of the execution.

Can the Taliban's non-inclusive government lead a diverse country?
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Can the Taliban's non-inclusive government lead a diverse country?

A week after the US withdrawal, how is Afghanistan in the transition to Taliban rule? Why is China's President Xi trying to redistribute wealth? What changes will Bitcoin bring to El Salvador? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week.

Story of an escape from Afghanistan; "I wasn't supposed to be on that plane” - Ahmady
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Story of an escape from Afghanistan; "I wasn't supposed to be on that plane” - Ahmady

When Ajmal Ahmady saw the Taliban were about to take over Afghanistan, he knew it was time to get out — fast. The former central bank chief was lucky enough to board a flight, unlike so many of his fellow Afghans desperate to flee. "I was not supposed to be on that plane," Ahmady tells Ian Bremmer about his harrowing escape on this episode of GZERO World.

Afghanistan, 2021: Afghan & US military perspectives as the last soldier leaves
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Afghanistan, 2021: Afghan & US military perspectives as the last soldier leaves

Two decades of war in Afghanistan came to a tragic close on August 31 as President Joe Biden announced from the White House that the last US troops had left the country. "I was not going to extend this forever war," Biden said, "and I was not extending a forever exit." On GZERO World, we hear from three people whose lives have been forever changed by the conflict.

Biden's mistakes in Afghanistan were not "dereliction of duty"
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Biden's mistakes in Afghanistan were not "dereliction of duty"

In his latest Washington Post op-ed, Marc Thiessen makes strong statements about how and why the Taliban came to take control of Kabul. There have been big mistakes in executing this exit. But "dereliction of duty?" Not in our view. Ian Bremmer and Eurasia Group analyst Charles Dunst explain why in this edition of The Red Pen.

Taliban, Afghan people face economic collapse, says former central bank chief
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Taliban, Afghan people face economic collapse, says former central bank chief

With Afghanistan's US-held assets and most foreign aid frozen, the currency in freefall, bank cash withdrawals limited and food prices surging, former Afghan central bank chief Ajmal Ahmady says the Taliban could soon run out of money to run the country.

The US is out of Afghanistan, but the war on terror isn't over
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The US is out of Afghanistan, but the war on terror isn't over

Now that America's 20-year war in Afghanistan has officially ended, what happens next? Who is ISIS-K, and how do they complicate a Taliban-led Afghanistan? Why is the EU proposing travel restrictions on US visitors again? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week.

The US no longer wants to be the world's policeman
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The US no longer wants to be the world's policeman

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Now that the war in Afghanistan is just about concluded, less than 24 hours before all of the remaining American troops wrap up their mission in Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, after over 100,000, mostly Afghan civilians, as well as American and coalition partners evacuated from the country. One thing to point to is just how much the United States and the American people have changed in interests, in what presence, what the role, what the mission of the United States globally is and should be.