Waking up in a New World

With last week’s sudden capture of Kabul, the Taliban successfully took control over Afghanistan. But moments before the capital’s capture, President …

Afghanistan: a Catastrophic Disaster

The situation in Afghanistan is accelerating but not the way it is meant to be. One could have hoped that …

Drugs or crop subsidies in Afghanistan?

In 2004, the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Robert Charles said that cutting down the opium …

Afghanistan 2021: The Peace Process and Ways Forward.

After almost 20 years of war, the first direct peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan Government began in …

Bahrain: Ali Alaswad talks with William Morris

Earlier this year, the Policy Studies Organisation of Washington and the Next Century Foundation co-hosted the Middle East Dialogue conference. …