REVISTED: Noah Coburn - Special Immigrants Visa Program and Challenges in the Middle East

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 Asiao   The history and current state of the Special Immigrant Visa, and how it pertains to Afghanistano   How the U.S. troop withdrawal will impact immigration from Afghanistan and the SIVo   Policy proposals and improvements to this system