1. Afghanistan Study Group Final Report: A Pathway for Peace in Afghanistan
- Author:
- Afghanistan Study Group
- Publication Date:
- 02-2021
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- United States Institute of Peace
- Abstract:
- In December 2019, Congress established the Afghanistan Study Group and tasked it with identifying policy recommendations that “consider the implications of a peace settlement, or the failure to reach a settlement, on U.S. policy, resources, and commitments in Afghanistan.” The Study Group’s report, released on February 3, 2021, concluded that there is a real opportunity to align U.S. policies, actions, and messaging behind achieving a durable peace settlement to end four decades of violent conflict in Afghanistan. This new approach would protect U.S. national interests in Afghanistan and the region by reducing terrorist threats, promoting regional stability, and protecting important gains in human rights and democratic institutions that have been made in Afghanistan. Active regional diplomacy could help generate a consensus among Afghanistan’s neighbors that all would benefit in both economic and security terms from supporting and sustaining peace in Afghanistan rather than fueling conflict through proxies.
- Topic:
- Conflict, Negotiation, Peace, and Mediation
- Political Geography:
- Afghanistan and South Asia