Jonathan Cristol is a research fellow in the Levermore Global Scholars Program at Adelphi University and a senior fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College.
Cristol was previously a fellow at the World Policy Institute from 2015 to 2018. He is the former director of Bard College's Globalization and International Affairs program and for many years was assistant professor of international affairs at Bard College.
Cristol is also a former Carnegie New Leader.
Featured Work
MAY 11, 2021 • Podcast
Global Ethics Review: Ending the Afghanistan War, with Jonathan Cristol
Jonathan Cristol, author of "The United States and the Taliban before and after 9/11," discusses ethics and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in ...
MAR 10, 2020 • Podcast
The U.S.-Taliban Agreement & the Future of Afghanistan, with Jonathan Cristol
On February 29, the United States and the Taliban reached an agreement that could potentially end the longest-running war in American history. Jonathan Cristol, author of "...
SEP 18, 2019 • Podcast
The End of the U.S.-Taliban Talks? with Jonathan Cristol
Despite progress over the last year, Donald Trump effectively ended the latest round of U.S.-Taliban negotiations with a tweet earlier this month. Will ...
MAY 21, 2019 • Podcast
Global Ethics Weekly: The Mueller Report & U.S. Foreign Policy, with Jonathan Cristol
A lot of the talk about the Mueller Report has focused on its political and legal implications, but how will it affect U.S. foreign ...
FEB 28, 2019 • Podcast
Implications of the INF Withdrawal, with Jonathan Cristol
Adelphi University's Jonathan Cristol discusses the Trump administration's decision to step away from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and its possible effects on international ...
FEB 21, 2019 • Podcast
Global Ethics Weekly: The U.S.-Taliban Negotiations, with Jonathan Cristol
Jonathan Cristol, author of "The United States and Taliban before and after 9/11," discusses the status of the latest talks between the U.S. government and ...
NOV 8, 2018 • Podcast
Global Ethics Weekly: The U.S. & the Taliban Before & After 9/11, with Jonathan Cristol
When most Americans think about the Taliban, their minds go to Osama bin Laden, terrorism, and the endless war in Afghanistan. But as Jonathan Cristol ...
APR 13, 2010 • Article
Incentivizing Peace in the Middle East: A New Role for the United States
The issue in the Israel/Palestinian conflict is not a lack of desire for peace, but the political inability to achieve it. The basic contours ...
APR 8, 2009 • Article
Two States, One Capital: A Proposal for the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
As part of a future two-state solution, Jonathan Cristol proposes making Jerusalem a "free city," fully open to both Israeli and Palestinian passport holders.