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In this chapter, I am examining the Pashtun nationalist claims in the context of the Afghanistan government’s historical resistance to officially recognizing the Durand Line. What has been the reaction of Afghanistan’s successive governments to the Durand Line? Can this resistance be characterized as a national…

Saida Hodžić, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University

Saida Hodžić, associate professor of Anthropology and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies, studies women’s rights activism, NGO advocacy, humanitarianism, and civic environmental activism. Her first book, The Twilight of Cutting:…

Averell Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University. I study international relations, with a focus on the politics of international law and organizations. I…

Rachel Sandwell, Assistant Professor of History at Cornell University

I work on the intellectual and social history of African decolonization, with a particular interest in women and gender politics. My main area of geographic focus has been South Africa, but my work to date has been quite focused on South…

About the speaker

Herbert Lin is a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. His work focuses on the national security impact of emerging technologies, especially digital technologies such as cyber…