On this episode of The Future of Thought Podcast, Colton learns from Ethan Pitts about the last 200 years of Afghan warfare, the difference between Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS, why we invaded Afghanistan, why we stayed in Afghanistan nearly 20 years, what role religion plays in this conflict, and where we go from here.
Ethan Pitts is a Political Science student entering his last year at Brigham Young University (BYU), with a dual emphasis in Genocide Studies and Middle East Studies. His capstone paper focused on the relationship...
On this episode of The Future of Thought Podcast, Colton learns from Ethan Pitts about the last 200 years of Afghan warfare, the difference between Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS, why we invaded Afghanistan, why we stayed in Afghanistan nearly 20 years, what role religion plays in this conflict, and where we go from here.
Ethan Pitts is a Political Science student entering his last year at Brigham Young University (BYU), with a dual emphasis in Genocide Studies and Middle East Studies. His capstone paper focused on the relationship between independence warfare and authoritarianism in the Algerian War of Independence. He also has a research paper accepted by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS); this paper is a meta-analysis exploring the interaction of empire, state, war, and revolution with land resources as a driving factor. Ethan has also formally studied German, Korean, Arabic, Swedish, and Russian with personal studies in world history, advanced nuclear energy, infrastructure, and hydroponic farming. Ethan is also a hobbyist cellist and formerly a Certified Barbecue Judge (KCBS).
Mentioned Readings:
- “The Afghanistan Papers” by Craig Whitlock
- “Directorate S” by Steve Coll (“Ghost Wars” is another that includes history from the Soviet invasion in 1979)
- “What We Need to Learn: Lessons from Twenty Years of Afghan Reconstruction” by SIGAR (sigar.mil), 11th report
Corrections:
- 55:33: Doha Agreement was signed in 2020, not 2018
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"Disquiet" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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