August 2021: The Structural Collapse of the Scaffold State
The collapse of the Kabul government was the result of geopolitical entropy--the disintegration of a state system entirely dependent on external scaffolding.
South Asia
All RegionsSouth Asian security, statecraft, and regional order
The Doha Accords: Recognizing the Limits of Imperial Reach
The Doha Agreement represented a formal recognition by the United States of its inability to sustain a permanent military architecture in the Hindu Kush.