The USA Missed the Golden Hour for Impactful Aid in Afghanistan

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We sit in on a conversation with Alexious Butler, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with GNSI and a Mission Director with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), about the concept of "The Golden Hour," specifically as it pertains to Afghanistan. The "Golden Hour" is commonly defined as the critical moment in a conflict zone when timely aid can dramatically alter outcomes in those zones. She and GNSI Research Fellow, Dr. Guido Rossi candidly discuss how the United States missed the Golden Hour and what that miss means.

The two of them also authored a GNSI Decision Brief on this topic, which you can find on our website here.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Links for this episode:
• GNSI Video Series: Alexious Butler, USAID
• Conference videos from GNSI Policy Dialogues: Rethinking Afghanistan: Strategic Competition in the Heart of Asia (Playlist: "Rethinking Afghanistan")
• GNSI Decision Brief: Maritime Resiliency in the Red Sea: Lessons from the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Malacca by Dr. Arman Mahmoudian

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