Afghanistan

Aurel Braun

Professor of Political Science

Affiliated Faculty, The Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

• Campus
  • St. George
  • U of T Mississauga
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
  • Political Science

Areas of Expertise

• Afghanistan: Will the U.S. return in the future?; Concerns of Taliban resurgence
• Canada-U.S.-Russia relations
• Conflict resolution
• International law
• Iran plan crash (generalist perspective)
• Middle East conflicts
• NATO and strategic issues
• Russia/post-Soviet states/ East Europe — politics
• Strategic studies

Office: 416-946-8952
Home: 416-787-3702
Languages (in addition to English): French, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian
Email: abraun@chass.utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Janice Stein

Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
  • Political Science

Areas of Expertise

• Afghanistan: U.S. responsibility & international response
• Border closures
• Conflict management and resolution
• Global order
• Iran
• Israel-Palestine violence: U.S. & international response
• Middle East
• UN comments on war

Office: 416-946-8908
Languages (in addition to English): French
Email: j.stein@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi

Professor

• Campus
  • St. George
• Department
  • History
  • Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations

Areas of Expertise

• Historical & political context of U.S. multi-year presence in Afghanistan & firm removal deadline
• Iran
• Islam
• Modern Middle East
• Persian diaspora

Office: 416-951-2495
Home: 416-767-2064
Languages (in addition to English): Persian
Website
Email: m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online