This is the third part of our four-episode series where we take a look at America’s policy challenges for the next decade. In this episode, hosted by the Concordia Forum at the Atlantic Council headquarters in Washington D.C., Muddassar Ahmed is joined by a panel of experts to discuss the future of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of American troops and what foreign actors, such as the U.S., the OIC and neighbouring Pakistan, can do to support the Afghan people under the Taliban rule.  

Our panellists include Haris Tarin (Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security), Hassan Abedin (Former Senior Advisor to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation), and Hassan Abbas (Author & Distinguished Professor of International Relations at the Near East South Asia Strategic Studies Centre).

This panel is led by Kamran Bokhari, a national security and foreign-policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute, who previously served as the coordinator for Central Asia studies at the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute. The episode was done in partnership with the Atlantic Council, an international affairs think tank galvanizing U.S. leadership and engagement in the world.