Reading List

We have compiled the following resources, grouped by subject area, to provide additional information about Afghanistan ahead of the symposium. Would you like to add to this list? Let us know.

Global

• Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security (book)
  Sarah Chayes (Mar. 7, 2016)
• Can Russia Actually Control the Entire Landmass of Ukraine?
  The Atlantic (Feb. 23, 2022)

Economic

• More than 40 House Democrats urge Treasury Department to unfreeze Afghanistan’s bank reserves
  The Washington Post (Dec. 20, 2021)

Humanitarian

• Threats and Fear Cause Afghan Women's Protections to Vanish Overnight
  The New York Times (Sept. 4, 2021)
• At Every Step, Afghans Coming to America Encounter Stumbling Blocks
  The New York Times (Dec. 19, 2021)
• Along Afghanistan’s ‘highway of death,’ the bombs are gone but suffering has deepened
  The Washington Post (Dec. 20, 2021)
• The One Item They Had to Take When These 6 Afghans Fled
  The New York Times (Feb. 28, 2022)

Political

• The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban (book)
  Sarah Chayes (Jun. 26, 2007)
• A Mullah Dies, and War Comes Knocking
  The Washington Post (Nov. 18, 2007)
• The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (book)
  Peter Hopkirk (Jan. 1, 1990)
• Would the U.S. have been better off making a deal with the Taliban 20 years ago?
  The New York Times (Aug. 23, 2021)
• Did the War in Afghanistan Have to Happen?
  The New York Times (Aug. 23, 2021)
• Zemari Ahmadi (audio)
  Today, Explained (Sept. 17, 2021)
• Taliban Complete Interim Government, Still Without Women
  The New York Times (Sept. 21, 2021)