Melissa Skorka, a Research Associate at CCW, has been quoted in a CNN article on Sirajuddin Haqqani and the Taliban.
“What the New York Times didn't tell readers about its Taliban op-ed is shocking” is a criticism of the op-ed by Haqqani, described as the “deputy leader of the Taliban”, published in the New York Times last week.
Melissa has also written directly to the New York Times, with her letter published on the 26 February.
Melissa L. Skorka has cmpleted her DPhil with CCW. Melissa arrived at CCW after a decade of serving as an advisor and practitioner, specializing in international security with an emphasis on U.S. foreign policy, violent non-state actors, natural resource conflict, and governance institutions in Central Asia and Africa.
Melissa has published a pair of articles on Haqqani recently:
