{"id":7650,"date":"2021-11-16T14:37:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T19:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=7650"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:20:28","slug":"eckerd-college-political-science-professor-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/eckerd-college-political-science-professor-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College political science professor predicts more \u2018suffering\u2019 in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7665″ image_size=”full” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default”][vc_column_text]Associate Professor of Political Science Michael Burch has lived and done research in the Middle East.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

\u201cAfghanistan is now among the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises, if not the worst,\u201d David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, told the BBC recently. The U.N. estimates more than half of Afghanistan\u2019s 23 million people face acute food insecurity, and more than a million children could die of malnutrition.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, following the terror attacks on Sept. 11 and the Taliban\u2019s refusal to extradite Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the attacks. On August 30, 2021, after more than 22,000 American service members had been killed or wounded, the U.S. staged its final withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending the longest war in American history.<\/p>\n

The troops are gone, but critical questions remain. Who will run the country? What happens to the Afghan people? Will the humanitarian crisis, which includes recent reports of families selling their children in order to obtain food, get even worse?<\/p>\n

Michael Burch, Ph.D.<\/a>, associate professor of political science<\/a> at Eckerd College, has lived and done research in the Middle East, Turkey, Ghana and East Africa. Among the courses he teaches are The Syrian Civil War and The Globalization of Crime. \u201cMy research focuses on understanding why people use violence to achieve their political goals,\u201d he says, \u201cand the impact of that decision on communities in both civil war and post\u2013civil war landscapes.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the center of the crisis in Afghanistan, he says, is the Taliban, the Islamic fundamentalist organization that claims to be the country\u2019s legitimate government.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like the Taliban controls most of the country,\u201d Burch says. \u201cBut will the Taliban be the government of Afghanistan, or an international pariah? It\u2019s still a country suffering from 45 years of war. There are so many health, education and infrastructure issues in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is not an effective organized resistance against the Taliban,\u201d he adds. \u201cBut there is a food crisis going on in the country, and it\u2019s going to be a very difficult couple of years. A lot of Afghanistan still depends on the U.S. and other actors.\u201d<\/p>\n

But will the U.S. and other countries step up? Will a massive relief effort materialize? \u201cTo truly rebuild the country will take years and a lot of people and resources,\u201d Burch says, \u201cand the U.S. never truly committed to that. And that was reflected in how quickly things fell apart this year.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”lg_text” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Burch says his fear is that the crisis in Afghanistan will cease to be a front-burner issue. \u201cThe U.S. never truly cared about Afghanistan,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was never the focus. Afghanistan is a country that has experienced conflict for so long. We [Americans] have a sense of obligation but no real commitment to do anything.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]When it comes to comparing our war with Afghanistan to our war with Vietnam, which lasted almost as long and also ended with a chaotic American withdrawal, Burch sees at least one additional parallel. \u201cI don\u2019t think in either case,\u201d he says, \u201cthe government explained to the American people what the goals should be.\u201d<\/p>\n

A stark difference between the two wars, Burch argues, and a possible reason why there is indifference to the plight of the Afghan people, is the Sept. 11 attacks. \u201cThat was done by foreigners based in Afghanistan,\u201d he says. And that fact could adversely affect efforts to help the country now. \u201cWhen there\u2019s no empathy,\u201d he adds, \u201cor it becomes easy to demonize the other side, anything can happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pulled out of Afghanistan, but the United States military is still in Germany, Japan and South Korea. And we\u2019re still in Kosovo because no one knows we\u2019re in Kosovo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any easing of the Afghanistan crisis would involve a sustained, multinational relief effort, Burch says. It would also involve keeping the crisis in the headlines. \u201cThat\u2019s done by news organizations, and right now in the U.S. there\u2019s a lack of foreign news bureaus. There needs to be more reporting about what\u2019s going on, and not just by journalists but also by the people who have studied and understand the complexity of the current situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the ultimate outcome will be a lot of suffering in Afghanistan in the immediate future as the international community continues to be paralyzed regarding how to interact with the Taliban.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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