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Afghanistan

Storella Discusses U.S. Refugee Policy Following Afghanistan Withdrawal

in Events News, Videos

According to Ambassador Storella, the large influx of refugees from Afghanistan reveals strains in the U.S. refugee resettlement system and critical weaknesses in U.S. asylum policy and infrastructure.

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Mark Storella, Refugee, United States

Najam Quoted on U.S. Relationship with Pakistan

in In the Media

“I’ve argued for a very long time that it isn’t even a relationship…The U.S. doesn’t trust Pakistan, and there is no one in Pakistan who trusts the U.S. But there is a sense that they need each other.”

Tagged: 2021, Adil Najam, Afghanistan, National Journal, Pakistan, Taliban, United States, US-Pakistan Relations

Storella Delivers Harvard Club Lecture on America’s Place in the World

in Events News

Ambassador Storella’s lecture explored the multiple factors shaping America’s place in the world and how that role might evolve and adapt to 21st-century realities.

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Global Affairs, lecture, Mark Storella, United States

Weinstein Leads IHI Lecture on U.S. Military-Civilian Divides

in Events News

Lt. Gen. Weinstein (Ret.) discussed the continuous presence of United States forces in the Middle East since Desert Shield/Desert Storm, the need for all Americans to understand its military, as well as the need for a new doctrine of military force to be applied before the U.S. gets into another conflict.

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Jack Weinstein, Military, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future

Lessons and Insights Gleaned 20 Years After 9/11

in Beyond the Headlines, Videos

During this special Alumni Weekend edition of Beyond the Headlines, our panel of experts discuss how the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed the world, the motivations behind the global war on terror, and the lessons that can be learned from the longest war in United States history.

Tagged: 2021, 9/11, Afghanistan, Andrew Bacevich, beyond the headlines, Joseph Wippl

Heine Publishes Op-Ed on Afghanistan and the Future of Eurasia

in In the Media

“Who wins and who loses with the U.S. withdrawal from the ‘graveyard of empires’? What will its effects be on China and on India?”

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, China, India, Jorge Heine, Op-Ed, russia, Taliban, Toda Peace Institute

Stern Discusses Global Impact of 9/11 on CFTNI Panel

in Events News, Videos

Professor Stern joined fellow experts to explore how the U.S. should deal with terrorism in the aftermath of its military withdrawal from Afghanistan and best deal with allies and adversaries abroad in order to secure its security interests. 

Tagged: 2021, 9/11, Afghanistan, Jessica Stern, Panel, terrorism, war on terror

Pardee School Faculty Reflect on How 9/11 Changed the World

in Faculty News, In the Media

Professors Najam, Schilde, Stern, Weinstein, and Wippl reflect on how the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States reshaped our lives over the last 20 years.

Tagged: 2021, 9/11, Adil Najam, Afghanistan, BU Today, Jack Weinstein, Jessica Stern, Joseph Wippl, kaija schilde, Middle East, September 11, war on terror

Najam Discusses Evolving Situation in Afghanistan & Taliban Governance

in In the Media

After sweeping across and taking over Afghanistan, Dean Najam says the Taliban are bound to face the same type of governance challenges that Afghan leaders over the past 40 years have faced. 

Tagged: 2021, Adil Najam, Afghanistan, governance, HUM News, Taliban

Woodward Comments on Taliban Acquisition of Sensitive Afghan Databases

in In the Media

With detailed data on millions of Afghans potentially in Taliban control, Professor Woodward commented that Pakistani, Chinese, Russian, and Iranian intelligence – all with their own agendas – would be interested to know who worked with the Americans.

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Associated Press, Biometric Data, Data, Database, John Woodward, Taliban

Bacevich Interviewed for Premier Question of the Week Podcast

in In the Media

Pardee School Professor emeritus Andrew Bacevich discusses the state of American security 20 years after 9/11 and President Biden’s decision to pull troops from Afghanistan.

Tagged: 2021, 9/11, Afghanistan, Andrew Bacevich, BU Today, Cold War, Podcast, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy

Storella Discusses Trump’s Impact on SIV Processing

in In the Media

“‘Extreme vetting’ produced extreme delays that put our allies’ lives at risk and contributed to the desperate scenes we are witnessing in Kabul today.”

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Allies, Mark Storella, Op-Ed, President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, The Hill, Visas

Garčević Publishes Op-ed on Afghanistan & Lessons for Western Policy in Balkans

in In the Media

According to Ambassador Garčević, the crisis in Afghanistan can be a wake-up call and an opportunity for both the US and the EU to reconsider their current strategies in other parts of the world, including the Balkans.

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Balkan Insight, European Union, Foreign Policy, Op-Ed, United States, Vesko Garcevic, Western Balkans

Weinstein Interviewed on Afghanistan Withdrawal and “Deadline Politics”

in In the Media

“You’re going to have to have a deadline. You’re going to have to stick to a deadline. And that deadline is going to get moved.”

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Jack Weinstein, US News

Shifrinson Quoted on U.S. Credibility Amid Afghanistan Withdrawal

in In the Media

“The fact that we haven’t seen the castigation of U.S. credibility in an overt, dramatic way is a more telling indicator.”

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Joshua Shifrinson, Military, NATO, Politifact, President Joe Biden

Storella Breaks Down Differences Between Vietnam & Afghanistan Withdrawals

in In the Media

“Our friends and allies—and our competitors—will not be focused on how badly the United States damaged itself in Afghanistan. They will look for signals that the United States is now prepared to focus on its most important strategic interests and do so in a concerted and competent way.”

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, BU Today, diplomacy, Mark Storella, Vietnam

Heine Interviewed on Impact of the Fall of Kabul on Latin America

in In the Media

“Latin America has to focus on its economic crisis and not on ideological and geopolitical issues that only divide us.”

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, China, China-Latin America, Geopolitics, Jorge Heine, La Nacion, Latin America

Heine Discusses Impact of Kabul’s Fall on the International System

in In the Media

“The great withdrawal of the United States from Central Asia, and from the key passageway of Eurasia, will have vast repercussions.”

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Jorge Heine, La Tercera, Op-Ed, President Joe Biden, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy

Najam Comments on Situation in Afghanistan with International Media

in In the Media

As dramatic as the events have been, Dean Najam says we should not consider the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul the end of the story; their true intent will be proven in their actions.

Tagged: 2021, Adil Najam, Afghanistan, Aljazeera, Dawn TV, Dunya TV, Geo TV, Interview, Taliban, Times Now, TRT World

Heine Interviewed on the Fall of Kabul to Taliban

in In the Media

While the long-term political fallout for the Biden administration from the withdrawal of Afghanistan is unlikely to be significant, but the effects on the international system, and particularly in Central Asia, will be.

Tagged: 2021, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Interview, Jorge Heine, President Joe Biden, Taliban

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