Scott Worden on the Afghan Power-sharing Deal

May 20, 2020 00:09:34
Scott Worden on the Afghan Power-sharing Deal
On Peace
Scott Worden on the Afghan Power-sharing Deal

May 20 2020 | 00:09:34

/

Show Notes

A political deal to resolve the disputed 2019 presidential election was finally reached over the weekend. USIP’s Scott Worden says the agreement “is quite significant” because it will give the Afghan side “more political coherence to negotiate with the Taliban and, if implemented, it will show the Taliban they can’t divide Afghans.”

Other Episodes

Episode

December 20, 2023 00:10:29
Episode Cover

Mark Feierstein on Venezuela’s Recent Push to Claim Part of Guyana

By intensifying Venezuela’s claim to resource-rich territory in neighboring Guyana, the Maduro regime is “trying to link this international dispute with his own domestic...

Listen

Episode

October 16, 2023 00:06:37
Episode Cover

Mary Speck on Guatemala’s Protests

President-elect Bernardo Arevalo’s electoral victory in August “has not sat well with the political establishment” in Guatemala, says USIP’s Mary Speck, and their attempts...

Listen

Episode

January 12, 2023 00:08:08
Episode Cover

Mirna Galic on Japan’s New National Security Strategy

President Biden will meet Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida amid "a really high sense of insecurity" over North Korean missile tests, says...

Listen