What We Need to Learn: Lessons From Twenty Years of Afghanistan Reconstruction

Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar: 2023-02-13 12:00:00 2023-02-13 13:00:00 What We Need to Learn: Lessons From Twenty Years of Afghanistan Reconstruction Event Description Case Law alum John F. Sopko (’77) was sworn in as Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction on July 2, 2012. He was appointed by President Obama, served under President Trump, and continues to serve under President Biden. Inspector General Sopko has more than 30 years of experience in oversight and investigations as a prosecutor, congressional counsel, and senior federal government advisor. For the last ten years, he and his staff have raised concerns about waste, fraud, and abuse of US assistance funds for Afghanistan, as well as the sustainability and viability of the Afghan government and military ahead of the US withdrawal in 2021. Inspector General Sopko continues to advocate for stringent oversight of the billions in US and other international assistance to Afghanistan that has been provided for the Afghan people since the sanctioned Taliban’s regime’s return to power, despite the regime’s dire human and gender rights record. In his presentation, he will discuss what worked and what didn’t during the United States’ 20-year engagement in Afghanistan and identify lessons from America’s longest war that are applicable to similar efforts in other contingency environments, including the international effort in Ukraine.  Contact This Event Coordinator Eric Siler 216.368.1806  eric.siler@case.edu Case Western Reserve University Law School Moot Courtroom 11075 East Blvd George Gund Hall Cleveland, OH 44106 School of Law School of Law America/New_York public