Our host, Amelie Andreas ’24, speaks with Ethan Sandweiss ’19 about his thesis on Afghanistan entitled “Highway to Hell: Afghanistan, America, and the Fragmented State.” Since this episode concerned recent events, this interview focuses a little more on the content of the thesis, and a little less on the experience of writing the thesis, than our interviews usually do. It is also a little bit longer than most episodes.

Learn more:

• Find multiple perspectives on Afghanistan under the Taliban from scholars here: https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/08/18/afghanistan-under-taliban-pub-85168
• Longer article from the New Yorker on the experience of Afghan women: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-other-afghan-women
• Donate to the Afghanistan Emergency Fund by GlobalGiving: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/afghanistan-emergency-fund/