Matthew Kroenig is vice president and senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and a professor of government at Georgetown University. He previously worked on Iran policy in the U.S. Department of Defense.
The administration’s cautious approach is only encouraging more aggression.
The president has been relatively tough on China but has been unwilling to adequately confront Russia, Iran, and international terrorism.
It might not be easy, but it’s better than a full-scale war.
The fall of Kabul is a blow not just to global democracy, but to the U.S.'s ongoing foreign policy aims as well.