Abstract Five years have now passed since the United States withdrew its forces from Afghanistan in 2021, leading to the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban’s return to power. In the years since, the Afghan people have faced a series of destabilizing and largely unmitigated developments, including a worsening humanitarian crisis, increasingly restrictive policies on girls’ education, the … Continue reading Five Years After the U.S. Withdrawal: Rethinking Engagement in Afghanistan in an Era of Great Power Competition