Read OSF Director Sahana Dharmapuri’s compelling argument with former diplomat Eric Richardson that the US should consider engaging with China to help Afghan women in The New Atlanticist.
"During the two decades of US involvement in Afghanistan, women and girls there enjoyed unprecedented opportunities. But the door to those opportunities closed violently with the Taliban takeover and US withdrawal last August.
In a recent OpEd with the Atlantic Council and Eric Richardson, a retired US diplomat who served in Beijing and at the UN Human Rights Council, “The United States must help Afghan women and girls—even if it requires partnership with China,” Our Secure Future Director Sahana Dharmapuri wrote about a unique path the U.S. must take to help Afghan women based on The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act of 2017.
Dharampuri argues that “engaging with Beijing may help to avert a further escalating humanitarian crisis and even unnecessary loss of life caused by Taliban rule.” This can happen through new humanitarian corridors, engaging with Afghan women leaders, economic development, regional integration, and counterterrorism cooperation.
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