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Afghanistan in the balance : counterinsurgency, comprehensive approach, and political order / edited by Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Sven Bernhard Gareis, and Charles Pentland.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Queen's policy studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan.
- Internal security--Afghanistan.
- Nation-building--Afghanistan.
- Nation-building.
- Internal security.
- Counterinsurgency.
- Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001-2021.
- Afghanistan.
- Politics and government.
- Afghanistan--Foreign relations.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 210 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.]: [Published for the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University by] McGill-Queen's University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- In the-aftermath or 9/11, a NATO-led coalition entered Afghanistan. A decade later, the country's prospects are still very troubling. As the coalition gradually prepares to withdraw and the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police assume increasing responsibility, Afghanistan in the Balance brings together Canadian and European experts to answer important questions concerning the country's future: What has been the impact of ten years of international intervention? What lessons have been learned about the conduct and consequences of such missions?
- Three sets of critical issues are discussed in this book: first, whether the doctrine of counterinsurgency, introduced officially by the US in 2009, can be implemented to lasting effect against a persistent and adaptive foe; second, whether what is now called the "comprehensive approach" can achieve the long-sought but still elusive aim of seamless coordination among military and civilian actors at the local, national, and alliance levels; and, finally, how the outcome of the intervention in Afghanistan is likely to affect, and be affected by, the evolving regional and global order.
- Afghanistan in the Balance is a timely study, bringing together original research and critical reflection to analyze a complex and demanding international mission as it draws to an uncertain conclusion. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction / Hans-Georg Ehrhart Ehrhart, Hans-Georg, Sven Bernhard Gareis Gareis, Sven Bernhard, Charles Pentland Pentland, Charles 1
- Part 1 Counterinsurgency
- 2 US/NATO Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: Evaluating Concepts and Practices / Hans-Georg Ehrhart Ehrhart, Hans-Georg, Roland Kaestner Kaestner, Roland 13
- 3 With Enough Nails: Canadian COIN in Kandahar / Richard Roy Roy, Richard 37
- 4 The German Approach to Counterinsurgency: Concepts and Practice / Philipp Münch Münch, Philipp 51
- 5 Peace-Building and COIN in Afghanistan: The View of NGOs - What Is Really Needed? / Citha D. Maass Maass, Citha D. 69
- 6 Non-governmental Aid Organizations as Force-Multipliers? Limits of Civil-Military Co-operation in Afghanistan / Robert Lindner Lindner, Robert 83
- Part 2 Comprehensive Approach
- 7 Why Orthodox Forms of Security Sector Reform Assistance Are Bound to Fail in Afghanistan and Other Conflict-Affected States / Mark Sedra Sedra, Mark 97
- 8 EU Contributions to Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan: Toward a Comprehensive Approach? / Eva Gross Gross, Eva 111
- 9 Conclusive Concept or Catchword? On the Pretence and Practice of Germany's Networked Security in Afghanistan / Sven Bernhard Gareis Gareis, Sven Bernhard 123
- Part 3 Political Order
- 10 The Challenges of Afghan Development through Trade / Julian Schofield Schofield, Julian, Jose Saramago Saramago, Jose, Brent Gerchicoff Gerchicoff, Brent 141
- 11 Regional Power Play: Pakistan's Foreign Policy between India and Afghanistan / Christian Wagner Wagner, Christian 157
- 12 Mind the Neighbours! Central Asian Interests and Visions of Afghanistan / Diana Digol Digol, Diana 171
- 13 The Graveyard of the Liberal Moment? Afghanistan and the Future of Liberal Order-Building / Tobias Bunde Bunde, Tobias, Timo Noetzel Noetzel, Timo, Adrian Oroz Oroz, Adrian 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1553393538
- 9781553393535
- OCLC:
- 756268903
- Publisher Number:
- 99950110504
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