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3003, 2019

Governance Issues in Afghanistan

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May 14, 2013 By Mujib R. Abid, Researcher 1.Introduction: Governance in Afghanistan has had serious downfalls and is suffering from rampant corruption, weak rule of law, limited sub-national governance, and a stumbling national government. Revealing facts such as the country’s highly unbalanced population (60% under the age of 25)andthe resurgent ethnic

3003, 2019

Neo-liberal State-building and Displacement of the Afghan State

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Jan 16, 2013 By Dr Zubair Popalzai, Deputy Head of Research The post-Taleban state-building exercise in Afghanistan facilitated and led by the United States and, to a degree, sustained by the Europeans has been informed by an overwhelming emphasis on an enabling environment for the markets as opposed to the stability

3003, 2019

US-Afghan Security Agreement: Competing Notions of Sovereignty? (Part I)

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Jan 16, 2013 By Mallory Sutika Sipus, Senior Research Analyst On 2 May 2012, US President Barak Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan signed a Joint Partnership Agreement (JPA) that reiterated the two countries’ shared commitment to Afghanistan’s future and a continued diplomatic partnership between nations. More importantly, the partnership

3003, 2019

Strengthening Sino-Afghan Relations: Cause for Concern?

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Oct 09, 2012 By Mallory Sutika Sipus On 23 September 2012, several years of progressively strengthening Sino-Afghan relations were cemented when President Hamid Karzai received a visit from Zhou Yongkang, China’s Domestic Security Chief and a member of the Politiburo of the Communist Party.  While the visit was unannounced publically, it

3003, 2019

Afghanistan’s Democracy: A Sustainable Long-term Goal?

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Oct 04, 2012 By: Khatira Zearmal One of Afghanistan’s policy aims is to become a pluralist democracy ; however, there is a mounting fear as to what will happen after NATO forces hand over control to the Afghan government and by extension, to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) who will

3003, 2019

Consequences of Taliban Office in Qatar 

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Jan 31, 2012 By: Sayed Maisam Wahidi Taliban ruled around 90 percent of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 and installed a radical Islamic regime. At that time, Taliban’s defeat by the Afghan resistance groups seemed elusive but the incident of 9/11 and Taliban’s loyalty to Al-Qaida led to the collapse of

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