{"id":78588,"date":"2021-08-17T14:46:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T18:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=78588"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:22","slug":"carleton-experts-available-taliban-control-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2021\/carleton-experts-available-taliban-control-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Experts Available &#8211; Taliban Control in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Experts Available &#8211; Taliban Control in Afghanistan\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>The Taliban has taken over control of Afghanistan and Carleton experts are available to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fen Hampson<\/strong><br>\nProfessor, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:FenHampson@cunet.carleton.ca\">FenHampson@cunet.carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hampson\u2019s research interests include, Canadian foreign policy, internet governance, international organization, international negotiation and conflict resolution and analysis. Hampson is the president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/\">World Refugee &amp; Migration Council. <\/a>&nbsp;He is available to comment on the situation in Afghanistan, particularly on the humanitarian dimensions and what needs to be done to secure the safety and security of Afghan citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Petrou<br>\n<\/strong>Professor, History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:MichaelPetrou@cunet.carleton.ca\">MichaelPetrou@cunet.carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Petrou is an historian and journalist.&nbsp;As a journalist, Petrou has reported from across the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and Europe. He\u2019s won three National Magazine Awards. His 2012 book,&nbsp;<em>Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post-9\/11 Islamic World<\/em>, won the Ottawa Book Award for non-fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petrou is a fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. His research interests include modern Canadian, European and Middle Eastern history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stephen Saideman<\/strong><strong><br>\n<\/strong>Professor, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:SteveSaideman@cunet.carleton.ca\">SteveSaideman@cunet.carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saideman is the director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network. His current research focuses on the role of legislatures in democratic civil-military relations.&nbsp; He teaches courses on contemporary international security, civil-military relations and US foreign and defence policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><strong><br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca\">Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\nCOVID 19 Updates:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/coronavirus-covid-19\/messages\/\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/coronavirus-covid-19\/messages\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban has taken over control of Afghanistan and Carleton experts are available to comment. Fen Hampson Professor, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs Email: FenHampson@cunet.carleton.ca Hampson\u2019s research interests include, Canadian foreign policy, internet governance, international organization, international negotiation and conflict resolution and analysis. Hampson is the president of the World Refugee &amp; Migration Council. 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