Vanda Felbab-Brown

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Narco Noir

By Vanda Felbab-Brown

2020

The future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

DATE IMPORTED:January 17, 2019Migrants from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, jump the fence to cross it illegally into San Diego County, U.S. (L), taken from the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico (R) January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Border security and comprehensive immigration reform

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, February 11, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, and the participants of the International Conference on Libya listen to a verbal agreement between the various parties regarding the organization of a democratic election this year at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. Etienne Laurent/Pool via Reuters - RC150A52E560

Empowered decentralization: A city-based strategy for rebuilding Libya

John R. Allen, Hady Amr, Daniel L. Byman, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jeffrey Feltman, Alice Friend, Jason Fritz, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Bruce Jones, Mara Karlin, Karim Mezran, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Landry Signé, Arturo Varvelli, Frederic Wehrey, and Tarik M. Yousef

Monday, February 11, 2019

Sheikh Muktar Robow Abuu Mansuur, a senior official of the Al-Shabaab group, walks along the frontline, north of Mogadishu, June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Omar Faruk (SOMALIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E66T1U5E01

Robbing justice or enabling peace?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, February 7, 2019

FEBRUARY 5, 2019 - WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 5, 2019. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS - RC111FD41E00

Brookings experts react to Trump’s second State of the Union

Scott R. Anderson, Jessica Brandt, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, William G. Gale, Aaron Klein, Aaron Krupkin, Jung H. Pak, Jonathan Rauch, Richard V. Reeves, Adie Tomer, Nicol Turner Lee, Jon Valant, and Darrell West

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

DATE IMPORTED:June 16, 2018Taliban walk as they celebrate ceasefire in Ghanikhel district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan June 16, 2018.REUTERS/Parwiz

The US-Taliban negotiations breakthrough: What it means and what lies ahead

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Confiscated opium is seen on display during a ceremony concluding anti-narcotics manoeuvres in Zahedan, 1,605 kilometers (1,003 miles) southeast of Tehran May 20, 2009. The head of the U.N. crime agency praised Iran during a visit on Wednesday for curbing the flow of smuggled heroin from Afghanistan and helping keep the drug off Western streets. Picture taken May 20, 2009. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN CRIME LAW POLITICS SOCIETY) - GM1E55L1AOY01

Out with the old, in with the old: Iran’s revolution, drug policies, and global drug markets

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Bradley S. Porter

Thursday, January 24, 2019

CANCELLED – The future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he visits the banks of the Rio Grande River with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents during the president's visit to the U.S. - Mexico border in Mission, Texas, U.S., January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1CEF41B3C0

Trump’s bogus justifications for the border wall

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, January 11, 2019