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A U.S. drone, likely controlled by the CIA, killed Al Qaeda’s top leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, on Aug. 1. President Joe Biden took credit for the strike.
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Biden Took Credit for the Strike on Al Qaeda, but Gets None
He leaves the bigger threats in Kabul, Islamabad, Moscow, and Beijing to wreak havoc
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room balcony of the White House in Washington on Aug. 1, 2022. Biden announced that over the weekend, U.S. forces launched an airstrike in Afghanistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri. Jim Watson-Pool/ Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
