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Members of Taliban led government, as well as many Afghan men participate in celebrations marking the 1st anniversary of the US-led troops' withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Members of Taliban led government, as well as many Afghan men, participate in celebrations marking the first anniversary of the US-led troops' withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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MA Candidate, Georgetown University and former diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan
Christine
Christine
Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry -- flanked by Chief of Staff Jon Finer, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, National Security Council Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf States Robert Malley, and European Union Deputy Secretary General Helga Schmid -- sits across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Ira
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US officials including John Kerry and Robert Malley negotiate terms of a nuclear nonproliferation agreement with the leaders of Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 19, 2015. (State Department)
Writers gather to read selected works of author Salman Rushdie to show solidarity for free expression outside the New York Public Library in New York City on August 19, 2022. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
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Writers gather to read selected works of author Salman Rushdie to show solidarity for free expression outside the New York Public Library in New York City on August 19, 2022. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bernard Haykel Hudson Institute
Bernard Haykel Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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