Plus analysis on right-wing domestic terrorism and a new free email course on America's middle class.
| The US role in advancing gender equality globally through girls’ education “There never was a better moment to take stock of the United States’ role in advancing gender equality at home and overseas. As the world is still trying to land on its feet from the COVID-19 shock, a fuller commitment to girls’ education through a U.S. feminist foreign policy could help reinvigorate global progress toward gender equality.” Christina Kwauk writes about girls’ education ahead of International Day of the Girl. Read more |
| Getting US troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas Perhaps sensing electoral doom, this week the president announced by tweet that he wanted U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan to be home by the holidays. Michael O’Hanlon explains what is likely to happen with Taliban negotiations and regional stability if Trump carries through on his new pledge. Read more |
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