Wharton Club Of DC

Meet Andrew Wilder: “Lessons from the failure to achieve peace in Afghanistan.” 2/6

Dr. Andrew Wilder is a vice president at the United States Institute of Peace where he leads the Institute’s Asia Center. Wharton Club members and guests are invited!

Dr. Andrew Wilder is a vice president at the United States Institute of Peace where he leads the Institute’s Asia Center. In 2021, he was appointed to serve as a member of the Afghanistan War Commission, a bipartisan legislative commission established by the U.S. Congress to conduct a comprehensive review of key decisions related to U.S. involvement in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2021. Prior to joining USIP in 2010, Dr. Wilder served as research director for politics and policy at the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, and from 2002-2005 as the founder and director of Afghanistan's first independent policy research institution, the Kabul-based Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU). This was preceded by more than 10 years managing humanitarian and development programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan, including as Save the Children’s country director for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dr. Wilder holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University, and a master’s degree and doctorate from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

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