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Russia’s Approaches to Afghanistan and its Implications for Central Asia
6 June, 2017 @ 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Stephen Blank, American Foreign Policy Council
Russia’s Policy toward Afghanistan and the Taliban and its Impact on Central Asia
Stephen Blank is an internationally known expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union who comes to AFPC from the US Army War College, where he spent the last 24 years (1989-2013) as a Professor of National Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, PA. Dr. Blank’s expertise covers the entire Russian and post-Soviet region. He has also written extensively on defense strategy, arms control, information warfare, energy issues, US foreign and defense policy, and European and Asian security.
Amin Mudadiq, head of RFE/RL’s Pakistan service
The Impact of Russia’s Afghan Policy on the Northern Provinces of Afghanistan
Amin Mudaqiq is the Director of RFE/RL’s service to Pakistan’s tribal regions, Radio Mashaal. Originally from northern Afghanistan, Mudaqiq formerly served as Kabul bureau chief for RFE/RL’s Afghan Service from 2004 to 2011. Prior to joining RFE/RL, he worked in the U.S. consulate in Peshawar as an Information Assistant, and as editor of “Ittilaat,” the U.S. government’s Dari/Pashto publication.
An event organized in partnership with RFE/RL
