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What I Saw in Afghanistan

No one who knew Afghanistan before 9/11 can fail to note the remarkable changes that have taken place there.

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Jul 01, 2015
Barnett Rubin
South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Amid Deteriorating Ties With Pakistan, Afghan Leader Makes Tough Demands

In a sign that Afghanistan is rethinking its outreach efforts to Pakistan, President Ashraf Ghani has demanded that Islamabad end its longstanding support for the Afghan Taliban.

Read the full Ghandara article Amid Deteriorating Ties With Pakistan, Afghan Leader Makes Tough Demands

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Jun 01, 2015
Barnett Rubin
South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project
Fragile States, Pakistan, South Asia

Taliban and Afghan Peace Officials Have Secret Talks in China

Afghan government representatives said at the meeting that it was ready to make an effort to build trust, if the Taliban agreed to peace negotiations.

Read the full New York Times article Taliban and Afghan Peace Officials Have Secret Talks in China

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May 25, 2015
Barnett Rubin
China, South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Wake Up, Pakistan

Hosted by The Century Foundation with remarks from CIC's Barnett Rubin

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May 14, 2015
Barnett Rubin
South Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan
Pakistan, South Asia
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Barnett Rubin Gives Keynote Speech on Afghanistan at the Danish Institute for International Studies

Lessons learned from pursuing civil-military coherence

In April 2015, CIC Associate Director Barnett Rubin joined the Danish Institute for International Studies for a seminar on Afghanistan's recent history and lessons learned from pursuing civil-military coherence. He kicked off the discussions with a keynote speech on Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014.

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Apr 23, 2015
Barnett Rubin
Europe, South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

For Ghani wooing Washington is the easy part of his job

President Ghani’s trip to Washington this week is like pressing the reset button for Afghan-American ties. While the Obama administration is satisfied so far with his early performance, he faces an uphill battle at home.

Read the full Deutsche Welle article For Ghani wooing Washington is the easy part of his job

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Apr 01, 2015
Barnett Rubin
United States, South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project
Afghanistan

Ghani’s Gambit

President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan is proposing to improve Afghanistan’s contentious relations with Pakistan in the hope of paving the way toward both peace with the Taliban and regional economic cooperation.

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Mar 18, 2015
Barnett Rubin
South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project
Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Can China Help Rebuild Afghanistan?

CIC Associate Director Barnett Rubin and Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund Andrew Small assess Beijing’s role in improving the historically tense relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Mar 09, 2015
Barnett Rubin
China, Central Asia, South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project
Afghanistan

China’s Role in Afghanistan

CIC Associate Director, Barnett Rubin, recently shared his thoughts with The New York Times on China’s growing engagement with Afghan politics.

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Feb 20, 2015
Barnett Rubin
China, South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project
Afghanistan, Fragile States

Former senior U.S. official Barnett Rubin will speak at SFU Woodward's on future of Afghanistan

Barnett Rubin acknowledges that Afghanistan is marred by ethnic conflicts, corruption, and poverty. But the former senior adviser to President Barack Obama’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (Richard Holbrooke) says there are still signs of significant progress since the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001.

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Nov 19, 2014
Barnett Rubin
South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project
Afghanistan, Crises, Fragile States, South Asia