What is the current political situation in Afghanistan？And why does it take relatively longer time to form a new government？We have with us Professor Zhang Chuchu, from Fudan University, to share her opinions.

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Zhang Chuchu
Zhang Chuchu is Associate Professor of International Relations at School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University. She is also Deputy Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Fudan University. She receives her PhD in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. Her research focuses on Middle Eastern politics, Sino-Middle Eastern relations, and regional governance. She is author of Islamist Party Mobilization: Tunisia’s Ennahda and Algeria’s HMS Compared, 1989–2014 (Palgrave, 2020). She has published in many top peer reviewed journals including Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, Land Use Policy, Pacific Focus, Chinese Political Science Review, and Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.