b'P U LT E I N S T I T U T E forG L O B A L D E V E L O P M E N T 2021 - 2022A N N U A L R E V I E WPartnering for PeaceThe China-Global South in Afghanistan InitiativeIn August 2021, as the Taliban was taking over control of Kabul,leaders, and providing opportunities for ongoing networkingAt times, the Pulte Institute may offer support to FacultyHub to create the China-Global South Initiative (CGSi). Afghanistan, staff at the Pulte Institute began conversations witharound Afghan peacebuilding and development. Learn moreFellows who are building out policy initiatives that supportThe CGSi will bring together policymakers, academics, and local colleagues at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,at pulte.nd.edu/APDRP. the Pulte Institutes thematic areas. Faculty Fellow Joshuapartners to provide a nuanced understanding ofand help a sister Institute within the Keough School. The result of theseEisenman, associate professor of politics at Notre Damescoordinate local responses toChinas strategic intentions, discussions was the Afghan Peace and Development ResearchKeough School of Global Affairs, leveraged this opportunitymethods, and ultimate political and economic impacts in the Program (APDRP): a collaborative program to support and Both peacebuilding and developmentwith his own networks at the Atlantic Councils Global ChinaGlobal South. Learn more at pulte.nd.edu/CGSi.amplify the voices of Afghan peace and development scholarspractitioners working in Afghanistan want to and practitioners. know the long term development trajectory for The APDRP is led by a group of Kroc and Pulte facultythe country. How do we move from a situation (pictured) and draws on a rich body of work over the lastwhere things are falling apart to having a decade related to supporting Afghan initiatives on peace andcountry thats a decent place for people to live development. Since its formation in January 2022, the program has hosted a number of public and private events addressingand prosper. The humanitarian work is an area the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. Over the next two years,where Kroc and Pultes work is linked. the APDRP will plan future initiatives that support public forums highlighting Afghan voices, intentional dialogues- Ray Offenheiser, William J. Pulte Director between Afghan and international civil society and governmentof the Pulte InstituteThePulteInstitutehasbeeninstrumentalinsupportingthestrategic planning and fundraising efforts of the CGSi from its inception. Together withlocalactorinsight,KeoughSchoolfaculty,andAtlanticCouncil expertise, we can develop contextualized resources to help communities across the Global South.Pictured from left to right: Ray Offenheiser, William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute; Josefina Echavarra Alvarez, Associate Professor of the Practice andJoshua Eisenman, Associate Professor of Politics, Keough School of Global Affairs, Director of the Peace Accords Matrix; Aref Dostyar, Senior Advisor at the Kroc Institute; Lisa Schirch, Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Professor of the Practice of PeacePulte Institute Faculty FellowStudies; and Laurie Nathan, Professor of the Practice of Mediation and Kroc Institute Mediation Program Director.28 29'