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Graeme Smith

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Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group

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mansfieldintinc.bsky.social @mansfieldintinc.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
1/4 Blog @lawfaremedia.org with @alcis.org funded by @XCEPT It focuses on the transformative effects of solar power: how it has supported Afghan farmers cope with climate change but ultimately how its expansion now threatens the livelihoods of 3.65 million people www.lawfaremedia.org/article/unde...
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Michael Hanna @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org · 13/06/2025
The strategic logic of this operation is lacking.
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Chris Kay @christopherkay.ft.com · 30/03/2025
“The Taliban are saying, ‘bring it on.’ They don’t want Pakistan to have leverage over them,” says @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social But the returnees were “walking into a real humanitarian disaster and an economy that cannot grow fast enough” on.ft.com/3FJBEZ7
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Pakistan threatens to deport Afghan refugees after Donald Trump’s funding cuts
Suspension of foreign aid and resettlement programmes endanger 870,000 people, analysts warn
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Graeme Smith @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Economic cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbors holds promise, but tensions along the disputed border with Pakistan could impede growth -- as I told PRI's @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
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Afghanistan-Pakistan border witnesses escalation in violence - The World from PRX
The border between neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan is seeing a rising amount of violence the past few months. Bombings, cross-border shooting and killings have become common as Pakistan’s governmen...
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Elizabeth Dickinson @dickinsonbeth.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hard to overstate the impact of USAID freeze in #Colombia. Last year, US provided 70.6% of incoming humanitarian funds. A 90 day freeze amid acute humanitarian crisis means Colombia has <1/3 of resources it would have last year to respond. Beyond 90 days would be devastating.
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Graeme Smith @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Lots of questions right now about the impact of Trump's aid cuts on Afghanistan. Short answer: we don't know. But it's worth noting that the US and other donors were already cutting back. Emergency funds offset the halt to development aid after 2021, but only temporarily.
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Jerome Drevon @jeromed.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I discussed my book on Syrian (former) jihadis, including HTS, including why they took over the leadership of the opposition, transformed politically, and their current role in Syria. Free to listen, and free to download as a book too fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Good free-to-read @foreignaffairs.com piece piece on how the USA and Europe appear set to wreck Syria’s transition by simply defaulting to economic warfare for lack of clear ideas. @delaneysimon.bsky.social @jeromed.bsky.social @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/afghanistan/...
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Don’t Repeat in Syria the Mistakes of Afghanistan
Isolating Damascus's new rulers won't moderate them.
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Delaney Simon @delaneysimon.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
In @foreignaffairs.com, @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social, @jeromed.bsky.social and I urge Western policymakers to make better choices in #Syria than they did in #Afghanistan, or risk sabotaging Syria's transition 🧵1/ www.foreignaffairs.com/afghanistan/...
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Don’t Repeat in Syria the Mistakes of Afghanistan
Isolating Damascus's new rulers won't moderate them.
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Delaney Simon @delaneysimon.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
"When Syria rebuilds, it's going to have to move beyond the illicit economy. It will have to reinvigorate industry and the banking sector. This will be really difficult with sanctions in place." My interview with @mattgalloway.bsky.social on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
the person to read about these humanitarian carve-outs is @mayaungar.bsky.social : www.crisisgroup.org/global/polit...
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Political Divides Drive a Reassessment of UN Sanctions | Crisis Group
UN sanctions are under increasing scrutiny as a result of heightened tensions among Security Council member states. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Maya Ungar explains why some governments are pushing to scale back these punitive measures as others fight to preserve their core elements.
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Delaney Simon @delaneysimon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This morning I talked to BBC's Lyse Doucet about the steps Western governments can take right now to help Syria get on its feet. Failing to take action on #sanctions relief is like pulling the rug out from under Syria just as it's trying to stand.
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Graeme Smith @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
A brutal regime falls. But there’s a problem: the UN and several countries say the victorious rebels are terrorists. What to do? There’s no playbook for Islamist insurgents faced with the challenges of running a country. But there is a precedent, in Afghanistan. 1/
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