Omar Sadr talks to Haqmal Daudzai on consociational democracy in Afghanistan Dr. Haqmal Daudzai is a researcher at the Dutch Royal Academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His book, The Statebuilding Dilemma in Afghanistan, the state governmental design …
On Afghanistan Women Movement
Omar Sadr talks to Halima Kazem on “Bread, Work, Freedom” Movement of Afghanistan Women Halima is a lecturer, historian, and filmmaker whose work intersects in the areas of gender, empire, human rights, and media. Her primary research …
On Polycentric Democracy & Pluralism
Omar Sadr talks to Julian F. Müller on Pluralism and polycentric democracy. Julian is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Hamburg. Prior to that Julian was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Political Theory Project …
Network State and Political Order in Afghanistan
Omar Sadr talks to Timor Sharan on his book Inside Afghanistan: Political Networks, Informal Order, and State Disruption. Dr Timor Sharan is a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford. His expertise is on the relationship between …
The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan After Americans Lefts: Book Discussion
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 …