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Stephen Biddle

Adjunct senior fellow for defense policy at Council on Foreign Relations

Stephen Biddle
Stephen Biddle is an adjunct senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, a professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, and the author of "Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle."
Ideas

The U.S. Should Contain ISIS and Move On

It’s a wiser choice than the ‘destroy IS’ or ‘smash-and-leave’ options.

  • Stephen Biddle and Jacob Shapiro, The Atlantic
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Afghanistan Needs a Settlement, Not Another Troop-Withdrawal Deadline

The U.S. objective in Afghanistan is not to leave; it is to end the war on terms Americans and Afghans can live with.

  • Stephen Biddle
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America Can't Do Much About ISIS

That leaves patience, containment, and humanitarian aid as the least-bad policies while waiting for this awful war to play itself out.

  • Stephen Biddle and Jacob Shapiro, The Atlantic
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Stop Putting Afghanistan on a Deadline

Withdrawal timetables only delay failure; the U.S. should stay in or get out now.

  • Stephen Biddle