James B. Cunningham: “Experience teaches that ideology cannot be defeated militarily, although military force must be an instrument.”

The restoration of U.S. engagement and a multilateral approach to trade policy in the Indo-Pacific region... is fundamental to success in that competition.

The test will be whether Pakistan takes concrete actions not only to support reconciliation, but to reduce the ability of the Taliban and the Haqqani network to plan and launch operations from Pakistan.

Our efforts there must be long term and in concert with the need for the United States to help develop and implement a generational strategy to defend our people and values.

But they will be--I think they will be successful in establishing--reestablishing a legitimate political authority in Afghanistan as a result of the exercise of the voting franchise by the Afghan people.