Annie Pforzheimer

Annie Pforzheimer is a non-resident associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She is currently an adjunct professor at the City University of New York and a commentator and advocate on foreign policy matters. A retired career diplomat with the personal rank of minister counselor, Annie was the acting deputy assistant secretary of state for Afghanistan until March 2019, and from 2017 to 2018 was the deputy chief of mission in Kabul. With a focus on security, rule of law, and human rights during a 30-year career in the Foreign Service, Annie directed the implementation of the 2014 U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America at the National Security Council; the Office of Andean Affairs in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs during Colombia’s peace process and the emerging Venezuela crisis (2015–2017); and the Bureau of International Organization Affairs’ Office of Peace Support Operations, Sanctions, and Counterterrorism. She led the $1 billion rule of law program (the Mérida Initiative) in Mexico and was the political counselor at the U.S. Embassies in Afghanistan and El Salvador. She is a graduate of Harvard University and holds an MA in security studies from the National War College.
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Afghanistan One Year Later: Consequences & Responsibilities
Event by Daniel F. Runde , P. Michael McKinley , Earl Anthony Wayne , Annie Pforzheimer , Fawzia Koofi , Bill O’Keefe , Lieutenant General Michael K. Nagata (Ret.) , and Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) — August 15, 2022
Afghanistan One Year Later: Consequences & Responsibilities
Transcript by Daniel F. Runde , P. Michael McKinley , Earl Anthony Wayne , Annie Pforzheimer , Fawzia Koofi , Bill O’Keefe , Lieutenant General Michael K. Nagata (Ret.) , and Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) — August 15, 2022
A Principled and Implementable Path for American Assistance in Afghanistan
Commentary by Annie Pforzheimer and Jeffrey Grieco — March 16, 2022
What’s next for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan?
Event by Annie Pforzheimer , Nilofar Sakhi , James B. Cunningham , and Mark Bowden — February 24, 2022
A Humanitarian Emergency: The Collapse of Afghanistan's Banking System
Event by Annie Pforzheimer , Jason Chung , Kathryn Striffolino , Mohammad Salem Omaid , and Gul Maqsood Sabit — December 17, 2021
Picking Up the Pieces in Afghanistan. What Now?
Event by Daniel F. Runde , Annie Pforzheimer , P. Michael McKinley , Earl Anthony Wayne , and Mark Ward — August 18, 2021
Preventing Catastrophe in Afghanistan
Event by Earl Anthony Wayne , Annie Pforzheimer , Daniel F. Runde , Ambassador Adela Raz , Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) , and Richard Olson — June 16, 2021
Protecting Wider U.S. Interests after a Troop Withdrawal
Commentary by Annie Pforzheimer and Samuel Matthews — May 26, 2021
A Policymaker's Guide to the Global Fragility Act
Brief by Erol Yayboke , Annie Pforzheimer , Janina Staguhn , and Daphne McCurdy — May 6, 2021
The Future of Afghanistan - Maintaining Peace (If it Comes)
Event by Daniel F. Runde , Annie Pforzheimer , Holly Kuzmich , Jeffrey Grieco , and William Byrd — September 20, 2019