Q&A with Vanda Felbab-Brown
2015-08-30T19:59:45-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/c28/20150830200039001_hd.jpgVanda Felbab-Brown, whose work focuses on international conflicts and nontraditional security threats, talked about U.S. counterinsurgency and state-building efforts in Afghanistan, corruption, and the global war on drugs. She is the author of Aspiration and Ambivalence: Strategies and Realities of Counterinsurgency and State-Building in Afghanistan and Shooting Up: Counterinsurgency and the War on Drugs.
Video clips were shown of: Al Jazerra English from April 15, 2012; January 11, 2013 remarks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai; May 4, 2015, comments by John Sopko; March 25, 2015, remarks by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani; January 5, 2015, comments by John Sopko; and Fusion TV from November 15, 2013.
Video clips were shown of: Al Jazerra English from April 15, 2012; January 11, 2013 remarks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai; May 4, 2015, comments by John Sopko; March 25, 2015, remarks by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani; January 5, 2015, comments by John Sopko; and Fusion TV from November 15, 2013.
Vanda Felbab-Brown, whose work focuses on international conflicts and nontraditional security threats, talked about U.S. counterinsurgency… read more
Vanda Felbab-Brown, whose work focuses on international conflicts and nontraditional security threats, talked about U.S. counterinsurgency and state-building efforts in Afghanistan, corruption, and the global war on drugs. She is the author of Aspiration and Ambivalence: Strategies and Realities of Counterinsurgency and State-Building in Afghanistan and Shooting Up: Counterinsurgency and the War on Drugs.
Video clips were shown of: Al Jazerra English from April 15, 2012; January 11, 2013 remarks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai; May 4, 2015, comments by John Sopko; March 25, 2015, remarks by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani; January 5, 2015, comments by John Sopko; and Fusion TV from November 15, 2013. close
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