In February, the US signed an historic accord with the Taliban to end the Afghanistan War. Now violence in the country is up and peace talks with the government are delayed yet again.
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Criminal gangs, insurgents and terrorist groups seek to protect the people in the areas they govern, when a central government’s power is weak or nonexistent.
The US is taking an untraditional approach in its peace talks with the Taliban. The new deal does not contain many of the elements that are typically key to a successful peace negotiation.
Many Afghans fear the landmark US-Taliban deal will not lead to peace without firm commitments from the Taliban to protect human rights and sever ties with terrorist groups.
A peace deal with the Taliban has been signed. But rebuilding Afghanistan after three decades of conflict will take much more than an accord, says a scholar of peacebuilding.
Why Afghanistan is still waiting to hear who its next president will be – nearly four months after the election.
Trump recently warned Iran that the US could target its cultural sites. Many of Iran’s cultural sites carry deep religious meaning for a global Shii community and such a threat risks alienating them.
There’s much more going on in the world than the Trump impeachment and Brexit. Here are five momentous global stories to track in 2020.
US officials have consistently lied over decades about progress in the Afghanistan war. The lies are no surprise, writes a foreign affairs scholar – but they have profound consequences.
Building a lasting peace in Afghanistan will take much more than an accord with the Taliban. In post-conflict nations, economic development and job creation are critical to national security.
According to a recent survey, Afghans rate their lives worse than anyone else on the planet. The election is unlikely to be a game changer considering the magnitude of challenges facing the country.
As Afghans head to the polls on September 28, peace still remains elusive.
A ceasefire with the Taliban won’t make it safe to send more refugees back to Afghanistan.
After Imran Khan’s visit to the White House, what lies ahead for his relationship with Donald Trump?
A ceasefire and peace agreement in Afghanistan may mean that the Taliban would have to lose their “terrorist” classification and turn from despised outlaws to legitimate powerbrokers.
The US has been at war in Afghanistan since a few weeks after 9/11. Now we are negotiating a peace with the Taliban, the same insurgents who sheltered Osama bin Laden.
Terrorist attacks and fatalities peaked in 2014, and have been on the decline since then.
The US is negotiating a peace agreement with the Taliban, so it can safely withdraw its troops. But how can peace last in Afghanistan if women aren’t at the negotiating table?
A Taliban perspective on recent peace talks for Afghanistan.
There is a surprising amount of support for the destruction of antiquities in the Middle East.
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Visiting Research Professor, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Research Fellow, Initiative for Peacebuilding, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, Concordia University
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Stanford University
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PhD Candidate, International Relations, Australian National University
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Non-resident Research Fellow, Graduate School of Development, University of Central Asia
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ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Researcher and sessional academic, Australian Catholic University
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham