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handle is hein.amenin/aeiadfn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points ; ihe US can nC ltncer aford t o IriCrtie 'u nterterrorsr at thE cost of cornQetiig wuth global cowers such as China rd Rusia L istead, the US must transfrr its apprach to c runter;ing a Oaeda, the Islamic State, and other ike-rninded grou p' by ocusing on the environment that enables both Salafi- jihadis and ac'vsaris sc'h as China arnd Russia tW expan ther influence. S r'nsfor i-n.'e apprh req ires t te t) Improve h ow i operaes .n comple anr frai en rvironments. The Global Fr, IilityAct GFAI is an opportuniy to drive the neces- sary hange throu hout the interagency to succeed in these But its rnpew men- tation has faken <horL 4 Senior administration otal should u.e the GFA tomuevelop and empleren a srategic- level approach that underscores xict p rvn. n, s Fotrbrn, trncd peoee building. THis means using foreign assistance effectively to advance American interests and con- test territory that will otherwise fall to Sal' f-.ihadis or to Beijing or Moscow. The US is no closer toay to defeating al Qaeda ardl like-rinded groups than it was on 9/n, Th Americar home front may be safe for nov and better defended against known threats due in no small part to the vigilarn e of US intelligence, military and law enforce- ment personnl, But the Salafnjihadi enermy bas strengthened globally and adapts and innovates to aciiCe its aims. As they have done before, Salafi-jihadi groups that have been defeated or near defeat can recon - stitute or build the conditions to do so, creating a risk that the resources expended against them will have been wasted. The Islamic State's rise in Iraq erased hard-won US and Iraqi gains. Al Qaeda in Yemen recovered from setbacks after Emirati counterterrorism operations in 2 And the Tal- tban and al Qaeda are set to come back in Afghani- stan, where the Trump adrninistratioin negotiated the withdrawai of US troops based on the assump- tion that the Taliban breaks a mi't'-decade rela- tionship with al Qaeda.' In the Sahel and Somalia, trends strongwy favor Salafi-jihadis Any perceived successes against these groups wi probably be lost hecause counterterrorism alone will nor deliver a lastnrg victory, The US is in period of re balancing its resources against strategic pioities. For nearly tvo decades, the US has resourced counterterrorism operations at the expense of other interests, assuming risks in conventional military readiness and other areas.

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