Negotiating Ideas

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Omar talks to Mohamad Machine-Chain on protests in Iran. Mohamad Machine-Chian is a research scholar at the Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh. He has authored several books on privatization, constitutionalism, immigration, and economic reform. He is the founder and editor of bourgeois.ir. Suggested readings:  Max, Fisher. Even as Iranians Rise Up, Protests Worldwide...

Omar discusses the Post 2011 democracy of Afghanistan with Scott Worden. Scott Worden is director of Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). At his previous time with USIP, Worden directed Rule of Law development programs for the USIP and served as a United Nations-appointed Electoral Complaints Commissioner for the 2009 Afghanistan elections, as well...

Omar Sadr discusses his book Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan with Noah Coburn.  Connect with us! Google , Apple , Spotify , Anchor Twitter: @negotiateideas & @OmarSadr Email: negotiatingidea@gmail.com

Omar Sadr talks to Haroun Rahimi about the notion of rights, how the contestation between the liberal and Islamic notions of right took place, how the law scholars studied the totalitarian Taliban, and finally why legal scholarship in Afghanistan has been avoiding a critical approach about the Taliban. Dr. Haroun Rahimi i s an Assistant Professor of Law at the American University of Afghanistan. I...

Omar Sadr talks to Mujib Rahimi about his book State Formation in Afghanistan: A Theoretical and Political History.  Mujib Rahman Rahimi is a writer, political analyst, and translator. He is a PhD graduate from the University of Essex. He served as senior advisor to Dr Abdullah Abdullah, and spokesperson of the Office of Chief Executive at the National Unity Government and High Council for Na...

Omar Sadr talks to Dr Dipali Mukhopadhyay about the Taliban's model of governance, their perception of the state, and their ideology.  Dipali Mukhopadhyay is an associate professor in the global policy area at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Her research focuses on the relationships between political violence, state building, and governance during and after war. She is currently servin...

Omar Sadr speaks with Professor William Maley about totalitarianism, the Taliban, and the design of the 2018 peace negotiations of Afghanistan. Emeritus Professor William Maley served as Professor of Diplomacy at the ANU from 2003-2021, and was Foundation Director of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy from 1 July 2003 to 31 December 2014. Suggested readings Why Now? — The Afghanistan-Ukraine Ne...

Speaking with Dr Jennifer Murtazashvili of the University of Pittsburgh about pluralism and liberalism in Afghanistan.  Dr. Omar Sadr joined CGM as a senior research scholar in October of 2021. Prior to this, he served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF). He is the author of Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan (2020). His w...

Negotiating Ideas Podcast Hello and welcome to Negotiating Ideas a Podcast about political thought on democracy, pluralism, state and peace in Afghanistan. I am your host, Omar Sadr. … I am a scholar in exile, forced to flee my homeland overnight due to the Taliban’s brutality. In this podcast, as in my research, I explore how totalitarianism threatens democracies and the ways in which societies r...