Anatol Lieven is a British author, award-winning journalist, and foreign policy analyst. He is currently a professor at Georgetown University, visiting professor at King’s College London, fellow at the New America Foundation, and expert on the Taliban and Afghanistan. Lieven’s areas of expertise and interest include: US political culture and strategy, Insurgency & Counter-Insurgency, Terrorism, countries of the former Soviet Union and the Greater Middle East, especially Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.