Afghanistan
Aurel Braun
Professor of Political Science
Affiliated Faculty, The Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
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
- Faculty
- Department
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
- Department
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