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Thomas Barfield - Afghanistan: How will the future play out?

22 December 2021

31 min

With the Taliban back in power, what does the future look like for this Central Asian country?? What makes Afghanistan so important for the region and world geopolitics? And how should the crisis of refugees fleeing the new regime be resolved?

The answers from social anthropologist and Boston University professor Thomas Barfield in this [IM]Pertinent interview.

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Thomas Barfield

Anthropologist and President of the American Institute for Afghanistan Studies

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Pedro Pinto

Journalist

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François Heisbourg: Russia, China or the USA, which is the biggest predator of our era?

Where is the biggest threat to the West today: Moscow or Beijing? Watch the interview with François Heisbourg, defence and security expert and special advisor for Europe at the...

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Where is the biggest threat to the West today: Moscow or Beijing? Watch the interview with François Heisbourg, defence and security expert and special advisor for Europe at the...

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Meredith Wadman: Vaccines, the proof of the facts

«Along with the sanitation of drinking water, vaccines were the greatest public health advance of the 20th century,» says Meredith Wadman, a doctor and journalist for Science...

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«Along with the sanitation of drinking water, vaccines were the greatest public health advance of the 20th century,» says Meredith Wadman, a doctor and journalist for Science...

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Dani Rodrik: The globalisation trap

What threats has globalisation brought? An interview with one of the most important political economists of his generation, Turkey's Dani Rodrik.

30 min

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What threats has globalisation brought? An interview with one of the most important political economists of his generation, Turkey's Dani Rodrik.

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Susan Fiske - Stereotypes and prejudices: From theory to practice?

How do stereotypes and prejudices shape the way we relate to each other? Here to discuss this issue is one of today's most renowned social psychologists, the American Susan Fiske.

28 min

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How do stereotypes and prejudices shape the way we relate to each other? Here to discuss this issue is one of today's most renowned social psychologists, the American Susan Fiske.

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Big issues, big names in a new programme dedicated to interviews with international personalities from the world of politics, economics and society. These conversations with special guests, conducted by journalist Pedro Pinto, aim to simplify and help demystify some of today's most important issues. Every month, on the Foundation's website.

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