Michael Ames

Ames is the co-author of the new book AMERICAN CIPHER: Bowe Bergdahl and U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan and a regular contributor to Newsweek and Harper's.

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How Bowe Bergdahl May End Up Being the Key to Peace with the Taliban

In the summer of 2018, the Trump Administration began quietly reaching out to the Taliban to strike a peace deal in Afghanistan. With little apparent sense of irony, President Trump pursued negotiations through the same...

By Michael Ames
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