Miscellaneous
Due to recent events in Afghanistan, this episode is a timely one to revisit. Released June 24th, 2021. Noah Coburn is an Anthropologist Professor at Bennington College and author of “Bazaar Politics: Power and Pottery in an Afghan Market Town”. He focuses on political structures and violence in the Middle East and Central Asia. We discuss: o His background and how he first became interested in political structures and violence in the Middle East and Central Asia o The history and current state of the Special Immigrant Visa, and how it pertains to Afghanistan o How the U.S. troop withdrawal will impact immigration from Afghanistan and the SIV o Policy proposals and improvements to this system