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Power Problems • August 24, 2021 

# How to Actually End Endless Wars 

The now-popular “ending endless wars” slogan has generated more political rhetoric than real policy changes. David Sterman, senior policy analyst at New America, helps define the concept of “endless war” as a strategy based on unachievable objectives and offers practical policy solutions for a substantive shift away from the War on Terror.

**Show Notes**

- [David Sterman bio](https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/david-sterman/)
- David Sterman, “[Defining Endless Wars: The First Step Towards Ending Them](https://www.newamerica.org/international-security/reports/defining-endless-wars/),” New America, January 26, 2021.
- Peter Bergen, David Sterman, and Melissa Salyk-Virk, “[America’s Counterterrorism Wars: Tracking the United States’s Drone Strikes and Other Operations in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya](https://www.newamerica.org/international-security/reports/americas-counterterrorism-wars/),” New America, June 17, 2021.

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Senior Policy Analyst, New America’s Future Security Program

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