Afghanistan Crisis: a dark future for its women and a new western foreign policy?

The Meridian Podcast

Welcome to a new series of The Meridian Podcast!

In this episode, Ollie and Eve host an in-depth discussion about the recent fall of Afghanistan back into the hands of the Taliban. The panel discusses whether President Trump or Biden is more to blame for recent strategic errors; whether western powers have a moral duty to 'liberate' Afghan women from oppression in the country; what this all means for the future of intervention by the US and UK; and the potential implications of this withdrawal for terrorism in the UK.

On the panel:

• Prof. Anthony Glees (@AnthonyGlees), a professor specialising in politics, security and defence at the University of Buckingham
• Maheen Behrana (@BehranaMaheen), Editor-in-Chief of Backbench magazine, a non-partisan political publication
• Mike Gaughan (@MikeGaughan6), North America Editor for The Meridian Magazine

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Hosts & Producers: Ollie Lewis and Eve Bennett

Editor: Ollie Lewis

Introduction music courtesy of Soularflair on Free Music Archive. Creative Commons licence can be found here. No changes were made to this track and this track is not being used for commercial purposes.