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Afghanistan
Although we suspended activities following the political upheaval of 2021, we remain committed to a positive path forward for the people of Afghanistan.
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The Asia Foundation President Laurel Miller Explores Afghanistan’s Future on PBS Newshour
PBS Newshour features The Asia Foundation President Laurel Miller in a discussion on the present and future situation in Afghanistan. Watch the full interview:
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Impact Assessment Consultant, Afghanistan
This is a short-term contract. Strengthening Education in Afghanistan II (SEA II) is an umbrella project that began in May 2014 and will end on December 2023. The Asia Foundation […]
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What Path Forward? Afghanistan Continues to Haunt and Perplex
A year and a half after the Taliban’s return to power, the hardships of daily life in Afghanistan have become dire, yet the government’s authoritarian policies threaten to block even basic humanitarian aid. What is the way forward?
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The Future Forecast: Asia in 2023
At the end of each year, we ask our experts across Asia to reveal what the New Year has in store. Here’s what they told us about 2023.
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The Best of InAsia, 2022
“Fast away the olde year passes.” It’s time to take an appreciative look back at the abundant harvest of stories and conversations from our colleagues in the field.
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A Path Forward in Afghanistan: Data for Humanitarian Assistance
As poverty and starvation stalk Afghanistan, must the West turn away from a new government whose policies it cannot condone?
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Fereshta Abbasi
Fereshta Abbasi is an accomplished human rights lawyer and advocate from Afghanistan. She has documented human rights abuses in Afghanistan for seven years with different organizations, including Human Rights Watch […]
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A Cold Winter of Hunger Unfolding in the Heart of Asia
Famine and hunger are stalking Afghanistan, even as half the nation’s population, its women, are denied the education they need to help build the agricultural sector. International organizations must not turn their backs.
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Peering into the Year Ahead in Asia
The year is still young, but our country representatives are looking ahead to the trends and developments that will affect the course of peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific in 2022.
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2022 Asia Foundation Development Fellows Program Now Accepting Applications
The Asia Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2022 Asia Foundation Development Fellows: Emerging Leadership for Asia’s Future program. The 2022 fellowship class will be the eighth cohort of […]
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Former U.S. Ambassador & Foundation Trustee Karl Inderfurth Writes on the State of Peace Process in Afghanistan
The Diplomat features an op-ed written by former U.S. Ambassador and Asia Foundation Trustee Karl Inderfurth on the the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan. The piece features key findings and […]
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2020 in Asia: A 20/20 Look
Happy New Year, and welcome to the first edition of InAsia for 2020. To herald the new decade, our country representatives this week survey the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for a dynamic and rapidly changing Asia. Here, to kick off the new year, are perspectives from The Asia Foundation’s 18 country offices.
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Editor’s Picks—The Best of InAsia 2019
Season’s greetings from InAsia, where the blog is about to enjoy a short winter break before the new year bursts upon us. Here are a few of the most engaging essays from the pages of InAsia in 2019, as chosen by your humble editor. Enjoy!
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Spotlights 2019 Afghan Survey
Atlantic Council features data from the 2019 Survey of the Afghan People in a piece written by former United States Ambassador to Afghanistan James B. Cunningham. Afghanistan today is an […]
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AP, New York Times, Washington Post Feature 2019 Afghan Survey
Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, Yahoo! News India, and Daily Mail (UK) highlight key findings from The Asia Foundation’s 2019 […]
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A Tribute to Ted Eliot
Asia Foundation trustee emeritus Ted Eliot, Jr., who left us this fall at the grand age of 91, demonstrated throughout his life that America’s first line of defense is manned […]
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Foreign Policy Cites 2018 Afghan Survey
Foreign Policy features data from our 2018 Survey of the Afghan People in an analysis on the future of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
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Opinion: Survey of the Afghan Returnees
At a June 23 press conference, the Afghan minister of refugees and repatriation announced that more than 3.2 million Afghans, most exiled by war and the quest for a better […]
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Al Jazeera features Data from 2018 Survey of the Afghan People
Al Jazeera cites the 2018 Survey of the Afghan People in an analysis of security and environmental challenges in the city of Kabul. According to the Asia Foundation’s 2018 survey […]
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In Afghanistan, Are the Taliban Really Open to Making Peace?
As former State Department officials, we have had the opportunity to witness Afghanistan and its citizens up close during momentous times. These include the turbulent period leading up to the […]
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Centre for International Policy Studies Analyzes the 2018 Afghan Survey
The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at the University of Ottawa examines key findings from The Asia Foundation’s annual Survey of the Afghan People in a two-part blog feature, […]
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The Wall Street Journal Features Data from 2018 Survey of the Afghan People
The Wall Street Journal features an op-ed written by Afghan politician and women’s rights activist Fawzia Koofi. The article analyzes the government’s peace settlement with the Taliban and cites key […]
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The Diplomat and TOLONews highlight the 2018 Survey of the Afghan People
The Diplomat Magazine and TOLONews highlights the 2018 Survey of the Afghan People in an opinion piece by M. Ashraf Haidari, the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka. Despite their […]
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2019: The Year Ahead in Asia
Happy New Year, and welcome to the first edition of InAsia for 2019. In our last issue we looked at some of our top stories from the year just ended, […]
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Public Radio International Features Data from 2018 Survey of the Afghan People
Public Radio International features data from the 2018 Survey of the Afghan People in a news feature about the changing status of Afghan women and how recent peace negotiations with […]
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BBC Persian language news channel highlights findings from 2018 Afghan Survey
BBC Persian language news channel highlights key findings from the 2018 Survey of the Afghan People. Translated excerpt: A new poll from the Asia Foundation in Afghanistan suggests that despite […]
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5th Annual #GBVchat Tweetchat Relay
8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a global campaign which runs annually from November 25th (the International Day for the Elimination […]
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Washington Post Cites Data from Asia Foundation’s Annual Survey of the Afghan People
The Washington Post reports on the recent elections in Afghanistan and cites data from The Asia Foundation’s Survey of the Afghan People. The article highlights citizens’ perceptions of the Afghan […]
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2018 Asia Foundation Development Fellows US Visit
In September 2018, the Asia Foundation Development Fellows arrived in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. for a two-week leadership exchange program, commencing with the Leaders on the Frontlines: Asia’s Changemakers of Today and Tomorrow Award Dinner honoring Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and Asia’s next-generation leaders represented by the 2018 cohort of…
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2018 Asia Foundation Development Fellow’s Company ftcash Wins MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge
The MIT Initiative on Digital Economy (IDE) named 2018 Asia Foundation Development Fellow Vaibhav Lodha‘s company ftcash the Asia Winner for Financial Inclusion in its Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC). The […]
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5 Things You Need to Know From 2018 Australasian Aid Conference
Now in its 5th year, the Australasian Aid Conference held at the Australian National University in Canberra on February 12-14, was more robust and urgent than ever. With record attendance, […]
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Foreign Affairs Cites Afghan Survey
Foreign Affairs cites the 2017 Survey of the Afghan People in “Why the Taliban Isn’t Winning in Afghanistan.” According to an Asia Foundation poll, roughly 93 percent of Afghans say […]
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Life Under Armed Opposition Groups in Afghanistan
While Afghanistan has made progress in the past three decades toward achieving democracy and stability, this progress is stunted by the presence and destruction brought on by rebel groups, or […]
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Measuring Afghanistan
American engagement in Afghanistan has been fraught and complex since it began in 2001. When I served as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO from 2009-2013, we had 150,000 NATO troops […]
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The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia: Five Surprising Takeaways
The Asia Foundation just released The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia, a new book detailing the levels and impacts of violence in 14 Asian countries. In Asia‘s editor […]
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Uncertainty Drives Afghan Migrants to the West
After Syrians, Afghans form the largest group of refugees in the European Union (EU), with over 360,000 asylum applications lodged in 2015 and 2016, according to official EU figures. Afghan […]
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‘Countering Violent Extremism’ and Development Assistance in Asia
How we describe violence—riots, insurgency, terrorism, genocide, ethnic cleansing—is always politically charged even when it is well-intentioned. Language shapes our understanding of the perpetrators, their motives, and the legitimacy of […]
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2017 International Women’s Day Tweetchat
Be Bold for Change: Fostering Gender Equality Around the World On March 7, The Asia Foundation, in partnership with World Vision, ACDI/VOCA, Knowledge for Health (K4Health), Chemonics, Promundo, WI-HER, URC, […]
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Education a ‘Beacon of Hope’ in Afghanistan
Education in Afghanistan has historically mirrored the ups and downs of the socio-political upheavals in the country. However, the Afghan people’s demand for quality education, their efforts to ensure greater […]
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Overcoming Stigma Against Disabilities in Afghanistan
The dusty, narrow streets of Kabul are congested most days, packed with vehicles and bicyclists angling for space. Panhandlers take advantage of the frequent standstills—constantly moving from car to car, […]
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5 Takeaways from Quito and the New Urban Agenda
After a stimulating four days, the Habitat III conference held in Quito, Ecuador, ended last week with the adoption of a New Urban Agenda (NUA)—a set of global guidelines that […]
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5 Lessons on How to Build a Digital Library Program
Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day and a half century later there’s much to celebrate. However, one of the persistent problems faced by schools in developing countries […]
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Lotus Leadership Awards: First Lady of Afghanistan Rula Ghani
The Asia Foundation and the Lotus Circle honored First Lady of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mrs. Rula Ghani at the sixth annual Lotus Leadership Awards Gala in New York […]
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Lotus Leadership Gala with special guest Zari Sesame Street muppet from Afghanistan
Zari, Sesame Workshop’s first Afghan Muppet, paid a visit to the Lotus Leadership Awards Gala in New York City May 11, 2016. Zari appeared on stage with host and broadcast […]
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Asia Foundation’s Lotus Circle Honors First Lady of Afghanistan Rula Ghani
The Asia Foundation and the Lotus Circle, a community of U.S. individuals, foundations, and corporations who raise private capital to rapidly respond to challenges and opportunities facing women in Asia, […]
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Carnegie Corporation’s Vartan Gregorian: Transforming Afghan Women’s Lives through Education
On May 11, The Asia Foundation will host its sixth annual Lotus Leadership Awards Gala in New York City, honoring First Lady of Afghanistan, Rula Ghani, and Carnegie Corporation of New […]
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Abdullah Ahmadzai
Abdullah Ahmadzai is The Asia Foundation’s county representative in Afghanistan. He oversees the Foundation’s wide range of programs in the areas of Governance and Elections, Islam and Development, Women’s Empowerment […]
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5 Things to Know When Designing an App for Ending Violence Against Women
One year ago, the Cambodian government officially launched its second National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against Women (NAPVAW), reinforcing its commitment to eliminating violence against women. In the early 1990s, The Asia Foundation broke ground with a landmark study...
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2016 Australasian Aid Conference Convenes Leading Researchers on Global Development
It's not often that Canberra can be described as an international crossroads. But on February 10-11 it will be a hotbed of discussion when researchers and practitioners from across Asia, the Pacific, and beyond converge on The Australian National University...
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Looking Ahead in Afghanistan: A Conversation with Political Economist Timor Sharan
In Asia editor Alma Freeman spoke with Asia Foundation expert Timor Sharan from Kabul on reactions to this year's Survey of the Afghan People, the challenges facing Afghanistan's year-old National Unity Government, its changing role in the region, the need for an Afghan-led election dispute resolution mechanism...
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International Cooperation for Afghanistan’s Future Stability and Development
On June 27-28, The Asia Foundation’s Trustees Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth participated in panels at the 4th World Peace Forum in Beijing. Organized and hosted by […]
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2015 Asia Foundation Development Fellows Embark on Year-Long Fellowship
This week the 2015 Asia Foundation Development Fellows embark on their year-long fellowship with a Leadership Training Program at the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the […]
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2015 Asia Foundation Development Fellows to Explore Solutions to Region’s Development Challenges
The estimated GDP growth in developing Asia is projected to grow at 6.2 percent this year, according to the Asian Development Bank, solidifying the region's position as the driver of global growth in what some call the "Asian Century."
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Does the Ghani Administration Mean a Greater Role for Women in the Afghan Economy?
At his inauguration on September 29, President Ashraf Ghani thanked his wife, Rula, for her support during the campaign, and to the surprise of many in Afghanistan, promised Afghans that she would continue her work advocating on behalf of the nation's 750,000 internally displaced people. Having previously served as the country's finance minister in 2002-2004...
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Afghans Aren’t Giving Up
Afghanistan's newly inaugurated president, Ashraf Ghani, appears to be off to a good start with the Afghan people. He has announced a series of new initiatives and adopted a hands-on style of governing, including surprise visits to military posts...
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60th Anniversary – Honorable George P. Shultz
Presented at the 60th anniversary gala in San Francisco, a special video congratulations by Honorable George P. Shultz, honorary gala co-chair.
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60th Anniversary – California Senator Dianne Feinstein
Presented at the 60th anniversary gala in SF, a special video congratulations by California Senator Dianne Feinstein, honorary gala co-chair.
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60th Anniversary – Six Decades of Addressing Asia’s Critical Issues
Informed by six decades of experience and deep local expertise, the Asia Foundation’s work across the region addresses the critical issues facing Asia, including: a lack of transparency and accountability […]
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In First Runoff Election, Afghans to Vote for Reform
On April 5, 2014, Afghans turned out in the first round of elections to choose a successor to outgoing president, Hamid Karzai, in what was perhaps the most successful election Afghanistan has ever held. Despite a limited number of international forces and endemic intimidation by insurgents, 7 million Afghans – one-third of whom were women…