"The United States must help Afghan women and girls—even if it requires partnership with China"

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.