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Event Guide: Learning From The Afghanistan Experience -- Re-Assessing U.S. Weapon and Security Assistance, September 21, 2021 ​

9/23/2021

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Video of event available at https://youtu.be/llgsmpLNkdE?t=247

This event was hosted by the Forum on the Arms Trade and the Security Assistance Monitor.

Panelists and recommended resources

  • Tamim Asey, Founder and Executive Chairman, Institute of War & Peace Studies (bio)
  • James Cunningham, Project Lead, Security Sector Assistance, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) 
    • Divided Responsibility: Lessons from U.S. Security Sector Assistance Efforts in Afghanistan, SIGAR, June 2019.
    • Reconstructing the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan, SIGAR, September 2017
  • Jodi Vittori, Co-chair, Global Politics and Security Program, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service; Non-Resident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (bio)
    • "Corruption and Self-Dealing in Afghanistan and Other U.S.-Backed Security Sectors," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 9, 2021.
  • Elias Yousif, Deputy Director, Security Assistance Monitor, Center for International Policy (bio)
    • "The Expanding Scope of U.S. Security Assistance Since 9/11," Security Assistance Monitor, September 2021.
    • "Issue Brief: The Arms Left Behind in Afghanistan," Security Assistance Monitor, September 2021.
    • "Ever-shifting Goalposts: Lessons From 20 Years of Security Assistance in Afghanistan," Security Assistance Monitor, June 2021.

Opening Remarks and Presentations (time indicated when remarks begin) 
  • Elias Yousif - framing the conversation 5:15
  • Tamim Asey - a perspective from Afghanistan 10:17
  • James Cunningham - a perspective on U.S. assistance 22:30
  • Jodi Vittori - corruption and building government capacity -- lessons from Afghanistan and where relevant elsewhere 33:40
  • Elias Yousif - the ongoing security assistance endeavor - 45:25

Q&A
  • scope of weapons lost in Afghanistan - Cunningham 49:35​
  • lessons from the Afghan side on multiple outside interventions (Soviet, UK, US, etc) - Asey - 51:45
  • does assistance contribute to corruption? how relate to governance? - Vittori - 58:20   Yousif - 109:15
  • are "lessons learned" being listened to and what are top priority changes? Cunningham - 1:03:50   
  • more discussion of push and pull between institution building and warfighting in Afghanistan - Asey 1:11:30
  • implications of pseudo-FMS process - Cunningham 1:19:40

Concluding Comments
  • Asey - on building capabilities first 1:23:10
  • Cunningham - points on long term commitments, alignment,  learning/teaching, hearts and minds 1:24:30
  • Vittori - need for quick action at initial time of change, seeing the world today, great power competition and elsewhere 128:10
  • Yousif - we are still doing this around the world  130:15
2 Comments
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3/8/2022 10:52:28 am

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8/17/2022 07:02:03 am

These interventions were conducted under different circumstances, but they all share a common feature: they were undertaken by a foreign power in order to change the internal political or economic structure of another country. This was done by using military force to overthrow an existing government and replace it with one more amenable to outside control.

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