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Murrett Speaks to LA Times About the Differences Between Vietnam and Afghanistan Wars

Robert Murrett, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times article, "Vietnam and Afghanistan — America's 2 longest wars, with very different lasting impacts."

September 14, 2022

One Year Later: Jacobson Discusses US Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Lack of Lessons Learned with VOA

Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, was quoted in the Voice of America article, "A Year After US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, Some Frustrated at Lack of Lessons Learned."

August 15, 2022

Banks Quoted in BBC News Article on Accuracy of US Strike on al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Professor Emeritus William Banks was interviewed for the BBC News article, "Ayman al-Zawahiri: How US strike could kill al-Qaeda leader - but not his family."

August 3, 2022

See related: Afghanistan, International Affairs

Jacobson Discusses the US Drone Strike That Killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with CBS News

Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, analyzed the U.S. drone strike that killed top al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri on CBS News Mornings.

August 2, 2022

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For Doctoral Student, Afghanistan Is an Elusive Home

Sohrob Aslamy grew up in a tight-knit Afghan community in Phoenix, Arizona, longing for a home he’d never visited. As an undergraduate at the University of Washington, he studied Near Eastern languages and civilization and interned with Sahar Education International, a nonprofi t that supports girls’ and women’s education in northern Afghanistan.

December 20, 2021

Anger, Despair and Seeds of Hope

Maxwell alumni wonder whether the changes they worked for in Afghanistan will endure after the ‘heartbreaking’ U.S. withdrawal.

December 17, 2021

Jacobson Speaks to CBS News, DW, WAER about the Afghanistan Withdrawal

Top Pentagon leaders testified publicly before lawmakers for the first time since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, spoke with CBS News, Deutsche Welle and WAER about their testimony and the aftermath of the Afghanistan withdrawal.

September 29, 2021

Jacobson Piece on Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan Published in TIME

"The U.S. Turned Away Jewish Refugees in 1939. We Must Not Repeat History With Afghans Fleeing the Taliban," co-authored by Assistant Dean of Washington Programs Mark Jacobson, was published in TIME.

September 14, 2021

Jacobson speaks with HuffPost, VOA, Washington Post about evacuations in Afghanistan

Maxwell's Assistant Dean of Washington Programs Mark Jacobson discusses the failures of the evacuations from Afghanistan with HuffPost, Voice of America and the Washington Post.

September 3, 2021

Williams discusses impact of Afghanistan withdrawal on NATO in Atlantic Council blog

"Why the US failure in Afghanistan won’t break NATO," authored by Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Michael John Williams, was published in the Atlantic Council's New Atlanticist blog.

September 3, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, NATO

Jacobson discusses crisis at Kabul airport with MSNBC, CBS News, Bloomberg

August 26, 2021

Jacobson discusses US security advisor Jake Sullivan on NewsNation

August 20, 2021

Jacobson talks to CBS News, Washington Post about Afghanistan withdrawal

August 11, 2021

Jacobson discusses US withdrawal from Afghanistan in The Conversation

In "The US withdraws from Afghanistan after 20 years of war: 4 questions about this historic moment," published by The Conversation, Assistant Dean for Washington Programs Mark Jacobson offers both personal and professional perspectives on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

July 15, 2021

Jacobson discusses US troop withdrawal, Afghanistan on CBS, MSNBC, VOA

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced the rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan would conclude by August 31, weeks before the September 11 deadline he set earlier this year.

July 9, 2021

Banks comments on President Bush's handling of 9/11 attacks in South China Morning Post

"Bush and many others overreacted to 9/11," says Professor Emeritus William Banks. "I blame him and especially (vice-president) Dick Cheney and then (defense secretary) Donald Rumsfeld for the reckless policies," he says. But Bush was "never nativist," and his recent efforts on immigration are not a "whitewashing" of history but appear to be a genuine effort at problem-solving, Banks adds.

April 28, 2021

Jacobson discusses the removal of US troops from Afghanistan on MSNBC

"I just think that he [Biden] has been given, by his team, a false binary choice: either we stay indefinitely with a massive commitment, or we leave," says Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs who served in Afghanistan with both the Army and Navy reserves. "And there's a lot of areas in between, a lot of work we can do that is beyond that binary choice."

April 15, 2021

Zoli op-ed on Taliban peace talks published in Newsday

Corri Zoli's article on US-Taliban peace talks was published in Newsday. "Some analysts have argued that the current peace negotiations with the Taliban are a face-saving exit for the United States, given hefty public pressure from the Trump administration, which intends to keep its campaign promise of getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan," writes Zoli.

September 11, 2019

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