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Amid a Changing Global Order, NATO Looks East
USIP Hosts U.N. Special Representative for Afghanistan
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on December 13 hosted Ján Kubiš, the special representative of the secretary-general and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, for discussions at USIP in Washington.
Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Mines Nasir Ahmad Durrani Visits USIP
On November 28, USIP hosted a roundtable discssion with Afghan Deputy Minister of Mines Nasir Ahmad Durrani and violence prevention expert Sadaf Lakhani, along with representatives from U.S. government agencies, international organizations and nongovernmental organizations.
Mutual Accountability
This paper builds on remarks on mutual accountability at the July 18 U.S. Institute of Peace panel discussion “From Transition to the Transformation Decade: Afghanistan’s Economic and Governance Agenda after Tokyo” (second session on “Filling the trust gap—what does ‘mutual accountability’ mean, what are the first steps, what is the role of civil society?”). The views expressed in this brief do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Institute of Peace, which does not take policy positi...
USIP Experts in Afghanistan Talk Transition with Top ISAF Official
USIP’s top program staff visited the Institute’s Kabul office in early May to meet with key leaders and discuss the transition in Afghanistan in 2014, a week before the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago May 20-21. USIP’s Shahmahmood Miakhel, country director in Kabul, Andrew Wilder, director of Afghanistan and Pakistan programs and Scott Smith, deputy director of Afghanistan programs, met with Maj. Gen. Sean MacFarland, the deputy chief of staff for operations for ISAF in Afghanistan. The group dis...
A Look at the NATO Summit
USIP's experts on Afghanistan provide a preview of the key issues at the NATO summit in Chicago.
Taking the Next Steps in Afghanistan
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