Weinstein Interviewed on Afghanistan Withdrawal and “Deadline Politics”
Lt Gen Jack Weinstein, USAF (Ret), Professor of the Practice of International Security at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, was interviewed for a U.S. News & World Report article on the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and if President Joe Biden hampered his administration by instituting a strict deadline for leaving the country.
The article, titled “The Dangers of Deadline Politics,” explores the questions of whether it was a good idea for President Biden to impose yet another Washington deadline on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Weinstein argues that setting a deadline is always essential even if that deadline changes. Washington is governed by deadlines – legislation, budget, as well as foreign and domestic policy – but in all cases deadlines can be flexible in order to ensure the work gets done. To have the August 31 withdrawal deadline and move it is an important distinction to not having one at all.
The full article can be read on U.S. News & World Report‘s website.
Jack Weinstein, Lieutenant General, USAF (Ret), served in the U.S. Air Force from 1982 to 2018. Prior to arriving at the Pardee School of Global Studies, he was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters United States Air Force, the Pentagon. In this position, he was responsible to the Secretary and Chief of Staff on all aspects of nuclear deterrence operations providing direction, guidance, integration, and advocacy regarding the nuclear deterrence mission of the U.S. Air Force and engaged with joint, interagency, and NATO to develop nuclear enterprise solutions. Read more about Weinstein on his faculty profile.