Commentary: Negotiations with the Taliban and Iraq's PMU gamble

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Popular Mobilization Force reform in Iraq: Reintegration or consolidation of militia power?

Prime Minister Mahdi's plan to reform the Popular Mobilization Units will either reduce the risk from militias or dangerously consolidate their power in Iraq, says Michael Knights, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Khalilzad should persist with Taliban talks to end the endless Afghanistan war

Despite the second-guessing, nobody has come up with a better solution for Afghanistan than negotiations with the Taliban, argues veteran US diplomat Ambassador (ret) Herman J. Cohen.