A Personal Reflection on Afghanistan
Richard Haass is President of the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served as Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department and was U.S. President George W. Bush’s Coordinator for the Future of Afghanistan. This essay is based on the “Why it Matters” podcast, episode “Perspective on Afghanistan, with Richard Haass.” © Copyright 2021, by the Council on Foreign Relations. Used with permission. You may follow Dr. Haass on Twitter @RichardHaass.
Irremediably Shaken?
Jean-Marie Guéhenno is Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University and Director of SIPA’s Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution. He is a former French diplomat who served as UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and President and CEO of the International Crisis Group. You may follow him on Twitter @Jguehenno.
After the Afghan War
Maxim A. Suchkov is Acting Director of the Institute of International Studies and an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied International Analysis at MGIMO University in Moscow. He is also an affiliated expert of the Valdai Discussion Club and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). You may follow him on Twitter @m_suchkov.
Lessons Learned in Afghanistan
Dov S. Zakheim was an Under Secretary of Defense in the first George W. Bush Administration and a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense in the second Reagan Administration. He is currently a Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Hope Against Hope in Afghanistan
James M. Dorsey is a Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and the author of the syndicated column and blog, “The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer.” You may follow him on Twitter @mideastsoccer.