Wardah Amir will deliver her talk virtually via Zoom. VMH 1203 will also be set up for viewing the virtual talk on campus. A Zoom meeting link with login details will be sent by email to those that register an hour before the event on Thursday.  

Description In December 2019, the people of Bougainville voted with near unanimity - 97.7% of votes cast - to strike out as an independent country of their own. Not much has happened since. The Covid 19 pandemic is one reason why this is so but not a complete one.

In the context of the current debate about Afghanistan—the reasons for the U.S. failure and the consequences of U.S. departure—Mike will speak about the recent history of U.S.