2026 ALPA Annual Conference Oct. 17-18 This panel examines the role of international intervention and global responsibility in Afghanistan’s political, legal, security, humanitarian, and governance crises. The presenters explore how external actors, international institutions, legal mechanisms, aid conditionality, resettlement policies, and transnational networks have shaped Afghanistan since 2001 and after the 2021 collapse. Together, the panel asks what responsibilities the international...

This plenary panel examines Afghanistan as a neglected political, social, and historical reality after decades of war, intervention, state building, collapse, and international fatigue. Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, the panel asks why repeated efforts at governance and nation state building in Afghanistan have failed, how centralization has shaped political exclusion and democratic weakness, and what lessons can be drawn from past interventions and alternative models...

2026 ALPA Annual Conference October 2026 Issue Distinguished Voices Keynote Speakers We are honored to welcome leading voices on Gender Apartheid and Regional Studies as Keynote Speakers at the 2026 ALPA Annual Conference Heather Barr Advancing Digital Higher Education for Afghan Women Heather Barr is associate director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. She has researched human rights in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, South...