Omar Sadr talks to Hassan Abbas on his book The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan After Americans Left Hassan Abbas is Distinguished Professor of International Relations at the Near East South Asia Strategic Studies Centre (NESA), National Defense …
How to improve democracy with Charles Dunst (Book Discussion)
Omar Sadr talks to Charles Dunst on how to improve quality of democracies. Charles Dunst is deputy director of research & analytics at The Asia Group, an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a contributing editor …
Human Rights, Relativism and the Taliban with Michael Goodhart
Omar Sadr talks to Michael Goodhart on human rights as a political contestation Michael Goodhart is Professor of Political Science and of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. His core research interests include democracy, human rights, (in)justice, and emancipatory …
State Fragility with Nemat Bezhan (Book Discussion)
Omar Sadr talks to Nemat Bezhan on state fragility and resilience Nematullah Bizhan is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford school of Public Policy, Australian National University. He is also a …
Democratic Resilience in eastern Europe with Jan Rovny
Omar Sadr talks to Jan Rovny on democratic resilience and pluralism in eastern Europe. Jan Rovny an associate professor at Sciences Po, Paris. His research concentrates on political competition in Europe with the aim of uncovering the political …
Democratic backsliding and populism in Turkey with Bengi Gumrukcu
Omar Sadr talks to Bengi Gumrukcu on democratic backsliding, populism, Islamism in Turkey. Bengi Gumrukcu is lecturer of political science at Rutgers University. She studies various aspects of social movements, political parties, far right, violence and …
Transitional Justice, Human Rights and Land Grabbing with Huma Saeed (Book Discussion)
Omar talks to Huma Saeed on Transitional Justice, Human Rights and Socio-Economic Harm Huma Saeed is an affiliated researcher at the Leuven Institute of Criminology, Belgium. Suggested readings: Huma Saeed, Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Harm: Land Grabbing …
بحث کتاب: دولت مدرن و هراس از کثرت گرایی در افغانستان
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Zan, Zendagi, Azadi: Protests in Iran with Mohamad Machine-Chain
Omar talks to Mohamad Machine-Chain on protests in Iran. Mohamad Machine-Chian is a research scholar at the Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh. He has authored several books on privatization, constitutionalism, immigration, and economic …
Twenty Years of Democracy in Afghanistan with Scott Worden
Omar discusses the Post 2011 democracy of Afghanistan with Scott Worden. Scott Worden is director of Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). At his previous time with USIP, Worden directed Rule …