Northern Michigan University is presenting a virtual lecture by Adam Weinstein titled “The Afghanistan Withdrawal” from 7-8:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27. The lecture will focus on U.S. intervention in Afghanistan, the resurgence of the Taliban and the fall of Kandahar and Kabul.
Weinstein is a research fellow at the Quincy Institute and former Marine deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. He will provide a non-partisan assessment of the current situation and offer his perspective on the future of American foreign policy. Read Weinstein's biography at https://quincyinst.org/author/aweinstein/.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Register for the virtual event at https://form.jotform.com/212415761654152. Registrants will be sent a link to participate virtually via YouTube livestream.
Both students and non-students may access the event either Monday evening at 7 p.m. or view the lecture anytime after the event via the following link: https://youtu.be/40hRMSmOYno. The lecture is sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan. NMU is a member of the council.