The Afghanistan challenge : hard realities and strategic choices / edited by Hans-Georg Ehrhart and Charles C. Pentland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ehrhart, Hans-Georg, 1955-

Pentland, Charles.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Centre for International Relations.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies.

Universität Hamburg. Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Armed Forces.

Afghanistan--History--2001-2021.

Afghanistan.

History.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Participation, Canadian.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Participation, German.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Armed Forces--Afghanistan.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Armed Forces--Afghanistan--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

iv, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Kingston, ON : Queen's Centre for International Relations, [2009]

Summary:

Canada and Germany are among the largest contributors to the international mission in Afghanistan, with troops in different parts of the country, fulfilling different roles. Canada's higher ratio of combat to development work is reflected in a higher rate of casualties. Canadians have sometimes joined in criticisms of Germany and other European allies for their unwillingness to take on riskier military tasks in Afghanistan's southern and eastern provinces. Some Germans, in turn, have chided Canada for stressing war-fighting at the expense of approaches more centred on development.

This Canadian-German dialogue reflects a larger debate, both operational and existential, within NATO concerning Afghanistan and the future of the alliance. This collection of essays by leading German and Canadian experts assesses the present state and future prospects of the Afghanistan mission, both to advance the dialogue and to suggest better approaches to the policy questions that continue to confront the alliance.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Charles C. Pentland 1

Part I

2 Assessing the Afghanistan Compact: Is the International Community Defaulting on the Compact or Is the Compact the Wrong Approach? / Citha D. Maass 13

3 The Changing Face of Warlordism in Afghanistan / Conrad Schetter, Rainer Glassner 37

4 Supporting the State, Depleting the State: Estranged State-Society Relations in Afghanistan / Florian P. Kühn 57

5 NGO Myths, Realities, and Advocacy on the International Strategy in Afghanistan / Lara Olson, Andrea Charron 77

6 Building Stability in Afghanistan / Mihai P. Carp 103

7 Pakistan's Afghanistan Policy in the Shadow of India / Christian Wagner 113

8 Iran's Influence in Afghanistan / Janet Kursawe 129

9 The International Commitment in Afghanistan: Failure or Strategy Change? A Strategic Assessment / Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Roland Kaestner 141

Part II

10 No Exit: Canada and the "War without End" in Afghanistan / Kim Richard Nossal 157

11 Afghanistan and the Limits of "Unlimited Solidarity" : A Farewell to Schicksalsgemeinschaft / David G. Haglund 175

12 Canada in Afghanistan: Strategic Perspectives / M.D. (Mike) Capstick 189

13 The Construction of a War / Christoph Reuter 199

14 Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan: The Canadian Approach / David M. Law 211

15 Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan: The German Approach / Michael Brzoska 243.

Notes:

Co-published by: Institute for Peace Research & Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, School of Policy Studies and McGill-Queen's University Press.

"This book is the product of an international conference on NATO and the International Engagement in Afghanistan, held in Hamburg on 13-14 December 2007"--p. [v].

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781553392415

1553392418

OCLC:

317743755