David H. Young @youngdavidh

Conflict & Governance Advisor @SIGARHQ, @InterpeaceTweet, @WorldBank, @USIP, @AdamSmithInt, @IDLGAFG, fmr civilian advisor to ISAF in eastern AFG Joined November 2012

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David H. Young @youngdavidh

12 months ago

The Foreign Service Journal (@afsatweets) published an essay I wrote detailing how U.S. officials are incentivized to distort and embellish about progress in U.S. foreign assistance, why it's often not their fault, and what to do about it. afsa.org/foreign-assist…

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David H. Young @youngdavidh

3 years ago

It was an honor to testify before the German Bundestag (Parliament) about lessons from our failed collective efforts to rebuild Afghanistan. Full video here: bundestag.de/dokumente/text…

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David H. Young @youngdavidh

3 years ago

I'm proud to have led the talented team that wrote SIGAR's latest report, "Why the Afghan Security Forces Collapsed,” which details the short and long term factors leading to the ANDSF’s collapse. sigar.mil/pdf/evaluation…

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David H. Young @youngdavidh

3 years ago

Excited to announce the publication of a paper I wrote for Interpeace mapping out different stabilization stakeholders, analyzes how stabilization efforts are conceived and structured, and offers best practices for interventions. interpeace.org/wp-content/upl…

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David H. Young @youngdavidh

3 years ago

I’m glad to see my team’s year-old SIGAR report is still valuable in explaining why we lost the war. Thank you @FareedZakaria for drawing attention to it.

Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria

3 years ago

I’m glad to see my team’s year-old SIGAR report is still valuable in explaining why we lost the war. Thank you @FareedZakaria for drawing attention to it.