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Lessons Learned (and Unlearned) from the GWOT
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- Net Assessment
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- Sep 10, 2026
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- 3288
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Summary
In this show, the Net Assessment crew ponders the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Twenty-five years after 9/11 and five years after the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. what lessons have we learned about warfare? Does our experience in Afghanistan, and now in Iran, demonstrate that the American military has an outsized fixation on lethality? To better prepare for future conflicts, how should strategists think about how adversary human networks behave? Attas for former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, and grievances for Argentina's Javier Milei threatening to retake the Falklands. *The Net Assessment Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM. Show Links: Jonathan Schroden, What Have We Learned from the 9/11 Wars? Not Nearly Enough , War on the Rocks, August 17, 2026. Gregg Jaffe, Why the United States Can't Quit Its Wars , New York Times, August 30, 2026. Evan Cooper, The Shadow of 9/11 on Future US Foreign Policy , Stimson Center, September 3, 2026. Christopher Preble and Michael Cohen, The Perils of Lethality , Stimson Center, June 24, 2025. Greg Myre, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns after clashes with Defense Secretary Hegseth , NPR, September 1, 2026. Power Politics: Thucydides to Trump. The Exercise of Power Internationally through the Ages , The Hellenic Centre, September 22, 2026. Javier Milei's Outburst over the Falklands is a Mark of Weakness , The Economist, September 4, 2026. Nancy A. Youssef, Missy Ryan, and Michael Scherer, Dan Driscoll's Parting Shot , The Atlantic, September 1, 2026. Jason Dempsey, Coming to Terms with America's Undeniable Failure in Afghanistan , War on the Rocks, February 11, 2019. U.S. Department of State, " Promoting Pacific Prosperity: U.S. Engagement at…