The Afghanistan crisis has exposed Global Britain’s delusions of grandeur
Airy assumptions of British exceptionalism have not survived their first contact with reality.
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Airy assumptions of British exceptionalism have not survived their first contact with reality.
ByLabour peer and former child refugee Alf Dubs on how vulnerable Afghans are being left helpless.
ByThe fall of Kabul could come to exemplify the weakened and confused position of “Global Britain”.
ByBoris Johnson and his ministers failed to anticipate the Afghan collapse or to grasp the US’s weariness with “forever wars”.
ByThe militant group will likely attempt to reverse social advances but there are signs of resistance already.
ByIn an interconnected world, isolation is self-defeating and a betrayal of our values.
ByUnlike Afghan refugees, who face immediate consequences, American voters can take time to assess their president's response.
ByAn Afghan diplomat discusses the collapse of the state they had worked to build, and the moral dilemmas they and…
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