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Past Event
Seminar

Afghanistan: A Post-Mortem of U.S. Policymaking

Open to the Public

Many accounts describe how — but not why — the United States faltered in Afghanistan after 2001. In this seminar, the speaker, who spent five years based in Kabul, identifies the underlying causes of U.S. policymaking errors in Afghanistan.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369
Spc. Justin Slagle returns to Forward Operating Base Lane in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after an air assault mission in the Zabul province of Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2009.

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Many accounts describe how — but not why — the United States faltered in Afghanistan after 2001. In this seminar, the speaker, who spent five years based in Kabul, identifies the underlying causes of U.S. policymaking errors in Afghanistan. Based on over fifty in-depth interviews with officials and experts, the seminar explores the organizational, strategic cultural, psychological, and political factors that led to U.S. mistakes.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.