When we assess the achievements of the Afghan society during the past twenty years, freedom of speech and the development of free media is often cited as one if not the most remarkable success stories. Before August 15, 2021, Afghanistan was widely viewed as one of the leading countries in the region in terms of protecting free…
Laurent Warlouzet is Professor of History at Sorbonne Université, former postdoctoral fellow at the EUI/Florence and at the London School of Economics. He has published "Governing Europe in a Globalizing World. Neoliberalism and Its Alternatives following the 1973 Oil Crisis" (Routdlege 2018). He will publish in a few months a…