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Aug 14, 2023·edited Aug 14, 2023

I took Khalilazad’s undergraduate seminar at Columbia circa 1980. I have to say, he was a model teacher. Never gave an inkling of his own views - even when Afghanistan came up. (It was not long after the Soviet invasion.) But maybe that’s because our work had zero policy relevance!

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Thank you, Mr. Drezner, for a another very interesting piece. Your work is much appreciated.

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Waving from down the hall in 1990s RAND.

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Cool! Which offices?

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21st and M, later across from Lincoln’s church. Worked closely with “Daves.” (Och, Shl, Tha) Learned a *ton* from LTG Glenn Kent, and Frank F was kind enough to serve as my PhD Committee Chair years later.

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