Taliban, Afghanistan

Afghanistan: what future for the country under Taliban rule?

In this episode of The International Risk Podcast, Dominic Bowen is joined by Dr. Arian Sharifi, Chief Strategy Officer at PercedgeResearch, to examine the evolution of the political situation in Afghanistan since the fall of Kabul in August 2021. The conversation assesses both regional and international risks linked to terrorism, economic, humanitarian, and political risks associated with…

Dr. Arian Sharifi

Dr. Arian Sharifi

Dr. Arian Sharifi is an American-Afghan national security professional with two decades of high-level policy and academic experience. He has taught as a Lecturer and Chair of the Master’s in Public Policy Program at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and as a lecturer at Gawharshad University in Kabul and at the American…

Episode 274: Afghanistan under Taliban rule: what future for the country?

In this episode, Dominic Bowen and Dr. Arian Sharifi discuss the events leading to the fall of Kabul in August 2021 and the rise of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan.   Find out more about what the Taliban have implemented in the country, how they managed to secure most of the territory from terrorism,…