/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/3862/all en /maxbellschool/article/event-recap-video/video-afghanistan-crisis-where-and-when-did-west-go-wrong Watch a video recording of Afghanistan in Crisis. Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:58:10 +0000 Max Bell School of Public Policy 2655 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/afghanistan-crisis-where-and-when-did-west-go-wrong-332894 <h4>As the twentieth anniversary of the attacks of 9/11 nears, we seem to have come full circle in Afghanistan.</h4> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:08:24 +0000 katrine.claassens@mcgill.ca 2648 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/events/past/2021/afghanistan-crisis-where-and-when-did-west-go-wrong <h2 style="text-align:center"><img alt="Afghanistan In Crisis: Where, And When, Did the West Go Wrong? Thursday, 2 September 2021 1:30-3:00 p.m. " height="768" width="1366" style="width: 750px; height: 422px;" class="file-original " src="/maxbellschool/files/maxbellschool/event-title-card_0.jpg" /></h2> <h2 style="text-align:center">THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m EST</h2> <p>As the twentieth anniversary of the attacks of 9/11 nears, some argue that we have come full circle in Afghanistan. The Taliban are back in power, a strand of ISIS is using the country as a base to attack Westerners, and an American president is vowing to bring the terrorists to justice. In this light, it is hard to see the West's nearly two-decade effort to try to build a stable, democratic Afghan state as anything but a tragic failure. What, if anything, was accomplished? What does this all mean for Western institutions such as NATO? And above all, where does this leave Afghans themselves?</p> <p>This online discussion was moderated by Max Bell School Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/andrew-potter">Andrew Potter</a>, with concluding reflections from Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/jennifer-welsh">Jennifer Welsh</a>.</p> <div> <hr /> <p> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:30:13 +0000 katrine.claassens@mcgill.ca 2649 at /maxbellschool