Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 2, 2020

Members of a Taliban delegation in Moscow, Russia, May 2019 Evgenia Novozhenina / Reuters

Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs: The Real Test in Afghanistan Is Yet to Come

How to Make a U.S.-Taliban Peace Deal Stick

After more than 18 years of fighting in Afghanistan and many missed opportunities, the United States and the Taliban are on the verge of signing a conditional peace agreement. As a prelude to the deal, both parties began a voluntary seven-day reduction in violence on February 22. So far, the lull in the fighting has held. While an accord with the Taliban entails a number of risks, such dangers are to be expected in a complicated peace process, and they should not obscure the fact that the agreement is Washington’s best hope of ending the longest American war.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 2, 2020

4 Takeaways From U.S.-Taliban Deal -- Mujib Mashal & Russell Goldman, NYT

The Real Test in Afghanistan Is Yet to Come -- Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs

The US Once Wanted Peace in Afghanistan -- Kathy Gilsinan, Defense One

Coronavirus could see the Tokyo Olympics cancelled. Is Japan's handling of the outbreak to blame? -- Jake Sturmer and Yumi Asada, ABC News Online

Kenya needs to stop panicking and start preparing for coronavirus -- Patrick Gathara, Al Jazeera

Four years after Turkey deal, EU no closer to new asylum system -- Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian

Explainer: Israel voted three times in a year. What happens now? -- Stephen Farrell and Dan Williams, Reuters

Duterte's decision to end the alliance with the US is reckless -- Richard Javad Heydarian, The Guardian

Demonstration effects: How the Hirak protest movement is reshaping Algerian politics -- Amel Boubekeur, ECFR

African Union to EU: We've Got Our Own Strategy -- Simon Marks, Politico EU

Either U.S. or Dictators Will Shape AI Norms -- Cohen, Panetta, Hagel & Carter, DEfense One