Afghanistan experts, scholars, analysts, researchers, authors, professors, academics, students, etc…
The following lists of people includes anyone who carries out research (or has done so in the past) on Afghanistan. If you would like your name included on this list please send us a link to your webpage. If you have no online profile you may send us a resume/CV to host here (we can accept PDF or Word doc format).
Based in the United States or Canada
- Ludwig Adamec (professor):
- Jon W. Anderson (anthropologist):
- Dr. Nadir Atash (author):
- Shafie Ayar (activist):
- Thomas Barfield (professor/anthropologist/author):
- Michael Barry (professor):
- Andrew Beath (researcher):
- Peter Bergen (journalist):
- Vahid Brown (researcher)
- Shireen K. Burki (author)
- Ted Callahan (anthropologist)
- Robert Canfield (anthropologist/professor)
- James Caron (professor)
- Andrea Chiovenda (anthropologist)
- Adam Choppin (analyst)
- Fotini Christia (professor)
- Noah Coburn (anthropologist/author)
- Anthony Cordesman (analyst)
- Robert Crews (professor)
- Lisa Curtis (analyst)
- Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber (professor)
- Matthew Dearing (analyst)
- John Dempsey (analyst)
- Jasteena Dhillon (professor)
Website | 
CV | 
LinkedIn | 
@jasteenadhillon
- James Dobbins (diplomat)
- Antonio Donini (researcher)
- Jeffrey Dressler (analyst)
- Matthew DuPee (analyst)
- David Edwards (professor/anthropologist)
- Ruben Enikolopov (researcher)
- Daniel Esser (professor)
- C. Christine Fair (professor)
- Vanda Felbab-Brown (researcher)
- Jennifer L. Fluri (professor)
- Erica Gaston (analyst)
- David N. Gibbs (professor)
- Kenneth R. Glaudell (professor)
- Thomas E. Gouttierre (professor)
- M. Jamil Hanifi (anthropologist)
- Shah M. Hanifi (professor)
- Nazia Hussain (researcher)
- Syed Hyder (professor)
- Harold L. Ingram (researcher)
- Ali Jalali (professor)
- Thomas H. Johnson (professor)
- Seth Jones (researcher)
- CV | Profile |
Wikipedia | @SethGJones
- David J. Katz (researcher)
- David Kilcullen (researcher)
- Suzanne Levi-Sanchez (researcher)
- Verni R. Liebl (analyst)
- Anatol Lieven (analyst)
- Sarah Lister (researcher)
- Sean Maloney (historian)
- Bill Mankins (researcher)
- David Mansfield (researcher)
- M. Chris Mason (researcher)
- Robert D. McChesney (professor/historian)
- Kevin T. McNamara (professor/economist)
- Raymond Millen (analyst)
- Margaret Mills (professor/researcher)
- Nabi Misdaq (author/journalist)
- Nathaniel L. Moir (analyst)
- Dipali Mukhopadhyay (researcher)
- Jennifer Murtazashvili (professor/researcher)
- Website | CV | Profile | LinkedIn | @jmurtazashvili
- Homira Nassery (researcher)
- Fariba Nawa (journalist)
- Senzil Nawid (professor)
- Ronald E. Neumann (diplomat)
- Neamat Nojumi (researcher)
- Khalil Nouri (author)
- Lauryn Oates (activist)
- Michael O’Hanlon (analyst)
- Lara Olson (researcher)
- Roland Paris (professor/researcher)
- CV | Profile | LinkedIn | @rolandparis
- Michelle S. Parker (analyst)
- Bruce Riedel (analyst)
- William C. Rowe (professor/researcher)
- Barnett R. Rubin (professor/researcher/author)
- Mark L. Schneider (analyst)
- Richard B. Scott (researcher)
- Mark Sedra (professor)
- Nazif Shahrani (professor)
- Audrey Shalinsky (professor)
- Sharifa Sharif (author)
- Homayun Sidky (professor)
- Vikram Singh (analyst)
- Abdulkader Sinno (author/professor)
- Graeme Smith (author/journalist)
- Profile | Wikipedia | LinkedIn | @smithkabul
- Janice Gross Stein (professor)
- Richard Strand (researcher)
- Amin Tarzi (professor/researcher)
- Profile | Wikipedia | LinkedIn | @AminTarzi1
- Christopher Taylor (researcher)
- J. Alexander Thier (researcher/analyst)
- Jarad Van Wagoner (professor)
- Caroline Wadhams (analyst)
- Ahmad Waheed (researcher)
- Marvin Weinbaum (professor)
- Andrew Wilder (researcher/analyst)
- Brian Glyn Williams (professor)
- Maliha Zulfacar (professor)
- Christoph Zürcher (professor)
Based in Europe, Asia or Australia
- Samina Ahmed (analyst)
- Gaït Archambeaud (researcher)
- Karin Ask (researcher)
- Sippi Azarbaijani-Moghaddam (researcher)
- Rohullah Azizi (professor)
- Ingeborg Baldauf (professor)
- Sultan Barakat (professor)
- Jo Beall (researcher)
- Nematullah Bizhan (researcher)
- Kaja Borchgrevink (researcher)
- Pierre Centlivres (professor)
- Torunn Wimpelmann Chaudhary (researcher)
- Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy (researcher)
- David Connelly (lecturer)
- Gulshan Dietl (professor)
- Gilles Dorronsoro (researcher)
- Manija Gardizi
- Armando Geller
- Elisa Giunchi
- Antonio Giustozzi
- Jonathan Goodhand
- Bashir Ahmad Gwakh
- Kristian Berg Harpviken
- Schuyler Jones
- Artemy Kalinovsky
- Deniz Kandiyoti
- Masood Karokhail
- Hekmat Karzai
- Ayesha Khan
- Max Klimburg
- Are John Knudsen
- Daniel Korski
- Sari Kouvo
- Felix Kuehn
- Bernd Kuzmits
- Najibullah Lafraie
- Christopher Langton
- Martin W Lau
- William Maley
- Magnus Marsden
- Jennifer McCarthy
- Katja Mielke
- Amalendu Misra
- Alessandro Monsutti
- Craig C. Naumann
- Timo Noetzel
- Erwin Orywal
- Alpaslan Ozerdem
- Elaheh Rostami-Povey
- Rasul Bakhsh Rais
- Ahmed Rashid
- Zarghona Rassa
- Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek
- Olivier Roy
- Thomas Ruttig
- Lutz Rzehak
- Amin Saikal
- Conrad Schetter
- Sibylle Scheipers
- Susanne Schmeidl
- Susanne Schmeidl #2
- Abubakar Siddique
- Rory Stewart
- Arne Strand
- Alex Strick van Linschoten
- Astri Suhrke
- Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
- Muhammad Tahir
- Richard Tapper
- Marc Theuss
- Peter Dahl Thruelsen
- Matteo Tondini
- Stina Torjesen
- Willem Vogelsang
- Mirwais Wardak
- Ali Wardak
- Alef Shah Zadran
- Ehsan Zahine
- Steven Zyck
