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“Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. This is adapted from his new book, “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden,” published by Simon & Schuster on August 3. The opinions expressed here are his own. Read more opinion […]

General Petraeus: The ‘disheartening and sad’ endgame Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 9:18 AM ET, Wed August 25, 2021 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Bergen has reported from Afghanistan since 1993. His new book […]

Updated 6:11 AM ET, Tue August 17, 2021 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Bergen has reported from Afghanistan since 1993. His new book is, “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden.” The views expressed in this commentary […]

Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 11:14 AM ET, Mon August 16, 2021 Bergen has reported from Afghanistan since 1993. His new book is, “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN)Roya Rahmani is the first woman […]

Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Bergen has reported from Afghanistan since 1993. His new book is, “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. […]

“Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Bergen has reported from Afghanistan since 1993. His new book is, “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.” […]

Biden deserves blame for the debacle in Afghanistan Peter Bergen Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Bergen has reported from Afghanistan since 1993. His new book is, “The Rise and Fall […]

Outlook He actually remained close with Taliban leaders — but not so much with Iranian officials. Peter Bergen is the author of “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden,” a CNN national security analyst and a vice president at New America. Osama bin Laden’s decision to launch the 9/11 attacks made him one of […]

ESSAY The Last Days of Osama bin Laden Revelations from the Abbottabad files show a terrorist leader scrambling for relevance in a world that had moved on In the first weeks of 2011, Osama bin Laden was worried. For five years, he had concealed himself and his extended family—wives, children and grandchildren—in a compound in […]

“Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the senior editor of the Coronavirus Daily Brief and the author of the forthcoming book, “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden.” The opinions expressed here are his own. Read […]