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About Hamish Nixon

Hamish Nixon is a researcher on local governance issues at the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, based in Kabul. He has worked on post-conflict political issues in Afghanistan, Cambodia and El Salvador, and has participated in election missions to the Balkans, Russia, southeast Asia and the middle east.

Articles by Hamish Nixon

Thursday 22nd December

Afghanistan vision

In the last days of 2005, leading thinkers and scholars from around the world share their fears, hopes and expectations of 2006. Forty-nine of openDemocracy’s distinguished contributors, from Mariano Aguirre to Slavoj Zizek, Neal Ascherson to Jonathan Zittrain – offer their predictions for the coming year. Since this is openDemocracy, we did not expect them to agree. We were not disappointed. (Part Two).
Monday 19th September

Afghan democracy: a monitor's diary

Afghanistan is more than Kabul. As the country voted for a new parliament and assemblies, Hamish Nixon of the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit reports on a journey to the western region around Herat.
Tuesday 13th September

Afghanistan's election world

On the eve of Afghanistan’s delayed, difficult but vital parliamentary and provincial elections, Hamish Nixon finds that the more you know about Afghanistan the more complex it seems.
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