Foreign Policy Essay
The Taliban Haven’t Changed, But U.S. Policy Must
Officials whitewashing the Taliban as a responsible diplomatic party are getting the organization wrong.
Haroro J. Ingram is a senior research fellow with the Program on Extremism at George Washington University.
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Officials whitewashing the Taliban as a responsible diplomatic party are getting the organization wrong.
Musa Baluku, a leader of a faction of the Allied Democratic Forces, has made clear his allegiance to the Islamic State.
Editor’s Note: Programs to counter violent extremism seemed under siege in the early days of the Trump administration, with officials questioning their focus and very purpose. Seamus Hughes and Haroro J. Ingram, of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, argue that far less has changed than most people recognize. Despite a lot of rhetoric, U.S. government CVE programs have a similar orientation as they did under Obama but remain underfunded and inadequate.
Daniel Byman
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