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With few Western journalists remaining in Afghanistan, local reporters are shouldering the burden of covering the conflict - and are increasingly being targeted for it.
An attack on a voter registration killed at least 57 people, and left scores more deciding where to go now.
The movement known as the ‘Pashtun Long March’ and the ‘Pashtun Spring’ has emerged from a history of human rights abuses, regional politics and War on Terror policies.
From an Australian perspective, shifting power in the Indo-Pacific will be of primary importance in 2018 and beyond.
America finds itself in uncharted territory under Donald Trump – not least when it comes to climate change and Israel policy.
Russia is pursuing influence in Central Asia and competing with the US. Afghanistan offers it a chance to do both.
Ten months of data reveal some alarming trends.
Successful counterinsurgency depends on winning the hearts and minds of men and women.
Suffering the daily toil of violence, with little chance of escape.
PTSD isn’t just reserved for those on the frontline – my experience alongside a surgical team at Camp Bastion showed how it could affect anyone dealing with the fall out of war.
Without a legitimate government, Afghanistan will never be stable … no matter how many terrorists are killed.
In Afghanistan, geopolitics are thorny, relationships are key and patience is strategy. The US president has outlined a decent plan, but can he see it through?
Donald Trump’s speech on “principled realism” in Afghanistan contained few surprises. Now, under the aegis of DOD chief Mattis it is the latest stage in America’s “forever war.”
The man reportedly in talks with the Trump administration has a vision of setting up something akin to the East India Company in Afghanistan.
President Donald Trump has upped the ante in America’s longest-running war, but it is not clear whether an all-guns-blazing strategy will bring the long-running conflict any nearer to a conclusion. In…
We need to acknowledge that ‘band of brothers’ military culture has a dark underbelly – and that individual acts of atrocity might be a reflection of broader, systemic issues.
Unlike most domestic criminal law, the laws governing the behaviour of Australian armed forces apply to criminal conduct alleged to have taken place overseas.
Unlike its neighbours, Iran’s different ethnic groups live in relative peace and harmony. Given terrorism is often spurred by ethnic conflict, will Iranians be spared further terrorist attacks?
Experiences of LGBT asylum seekers in Netherlands flies in the face of the much-vaunted Dutch reputation for tolerance.
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Reader in Sociology, City, University of London
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of History and Philosophy, UNSW Sydney
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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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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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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PhD Candidate in Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, Concordia University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor in Conflict and Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Agnes Scott College
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Faculty Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
