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Due to recent events in Afghanistan, this episode is a timely one to revisit. Released June 24th, 2021.
Noah Coburn is an Anthropologist Professor at Bennington College and author of “Bazaar Politics: Power and Pottery in an Afghan Market Town”. He focuses on political structures and violence in the Middle East and Central Asia.
We discuss:
o His background and how he first became interested in political structures and violence in the Middle East and Central Asia
o The history and current state of the Special Immigrant Visa, and how it pertains to Afghanistan
o How the U.S. troop withdrawal will impact immigration from Afghanistan and the SIV
o Policy proposals and improvements to this system
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Due to recent events in Afghanistan, this episode is a timely one to revisit. Released June 24th, 2021.
Noah Coburn is an Anthropologist Professor at Bennington College and author of “Bazaar Politics: Power and Pottery in an Afghan Market Town”. He focuses on political structures and violence in the Middle East and Central Asia.
We discuss:
o His background and how he first became interested in political structures and violence in the Middle East and Central Asia
o The history and current state of the Special Immigrant Visa, and how it pertains to Afghanistan
o How the U.S. troop withdrawal will impact immigration from Afghanistan and the SIV
o Policy proposals and improvements to this system

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