Join Columbia's Harriman Institute and New York University's Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia for a panel discussion on the future of U.S.-Russian coordination in Afghanistan in a time of geopolitical unpredictability.

Support for this event was provided by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The Trump Administration’s announcement that it would increase the US troop presence in Afghanistan signals a new force-based approach to solving the conflict. In recent years, Russia has actively engaged with the Afghanistan issue, sponsoring regional conferences and peace talks, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov commented that the Trump Administration's new strategy is a “dead end.” 

How are Washington and Moscow now approaching the promotion of peace and stability in the region and what are their underlying assumptions and constraints? How does each country approach questions of a negotiated political settlement and broader regional diplomacy? Is there a danger of a proxy conflict emerging between the Untied States and Russia in Afghanistan and more broadly across Central Asia? Please join us for a discussion with leading Afghanistan experts from both Russia and the United States.

Speakers:

Alexander Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute

Joshua Tucker, Director, Jordan Center

Barnett R. Rubin, Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University

Dipali Mukhopadhyay, faculty affiliate of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs