🎙️ Introducing the Authors Adam Weinstein, Deputy Director Middle East Program at Quincy Institute, gives an American perspective in CAMEA's fourth edited book 📍Join us Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad on August 28 for the official launch Amina Khan Adam N Weinstein

CIA deputy director David Cohen says Hamas leader in Gaza Yhaya Sinwar is the decision maker regarding hostage and ceasefire deal - not Iran

Check out my new article for Washington Institute: “Building Its Legitimacy Back: Hamas Diplomacy Since 10/7” with an infographic washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi… Sort of a sister article/research to the ones I’ve written and done infographics for on the Taliban’s diplomacy.

Another day reading a jihadist or jihadist-adjacent academic text in public, strategically covering the title with my hand to avoid freaking out the person next to me.

Perhaps the harshest indictment of the 20yr war is how little it'll be discussed in the future. Each year it will be briefly remembered on this day as a failure & then largely forgotten until the next anniversary NEW from veteran & QI fellow Adam N Weinstein responsiblestatecraft.org/afghanistan-wa…

Some thoughts on the politicization of the evacuation of Kabul and the way our leaders think about Afghanistan. Responsible Statecraft responsiblestatecraft.org/afghanistan-wa…

Sobering piece by my friend and Quincy Institute colleague Adam N Weinstein. responsiblestatecraft.org/afghanistan-wa…

“Lawmakers will fixate on the final moments because facing two decades of failure doesn’t suit them.”

Veteran and QI colleague Adam N Weinstein on the withdrawal anniversary: Lawmakers laser focus on the final moments because it is politically rewarding — facing the 20yrs of failure, which many of them were a part of, is not. responsiblestatecraft.org/afghanistan-wa…

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces and Iraqi Security Forces conducted a partnered raid in Western Iraq in the early hours of Aug. 29, resulting in the death of 15 ISIS operatives. The ISIS element was armed with numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive "suicide" belts. There

This week marked three years since the final U.S. military withdrawl from #Afghanistan. As Adam N Weinstein writes, it's critical that we confront and learn from the failures of the war, not deflect from them. responsiblestatecraft.org/afghanistan-wa…

The US military engaging in raids and troops continue to get injured in our "non-combat, advise, assist and enable" mission in Iraq. What doesn't square here? responsiblestatecraft.org/soliders-injur…

Hersh Goldberg Polin, the Israeli-American hostage in Gaza, whose parents just spoke at the DNC, whose arms was blown off on Oct 7 and appeared in a video alive a few months ago, is dead.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin with her only son, Hersh.

There’s a cottage industry of Pakistanis who either explain or functionally ghostwrite these sensational articles, & officials who support them for partisan reasons. On the same day a former US President used a photo of Pakistanis as a scare tactic. This nonsense harms Pakistan.

Two U.S. Marines were assaulted in Turkey on Monday by more than a dozen members of a nationalist group, authorities said. Thirteen men and two women were detained after being accused of attacking the service members, officials in Izmir province said. wapo.st/3Xs9I1X

Think tank head crowdsourcing “actionable ideas” for regime change in Iran after scrubbing his website of the cheerleading and “actionable ideas” for regime change in Iraq from the early 2000s👇 responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/03/20/aip…

By the end of the year, all the outdoor dining spaces in Little Italy will be converted into parking areas, and this street will be returned to vehicles. Because why keep vibrant streets?

🚨BREAKING 🚨 A new swing-state poll by Cato Foreign Policy of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania is LIVE, surveying a wide range of foreign policy issues facing the US. My short breakdown of 5 significant findings for US Middle East policy, based on likely voters 🧵

Always a pleasure catching up and exchanging ideas and analysis with Adam N Weinstein. This time in Bangkok at The NESA Center conference on “Security Dynamics and Challenges in South and Central Asia”. National Dialogue Forum