Last of the forever wars: Afghanistan and the limits of liberal intervention
Until the campaigns launched under the “war on terror”, interventionism had some notable successes. But the Afghan conflict has exposed…
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The fall of Kabul could come to exemplify the weakened and confused position of “Global Britain”.
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