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The Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition
The Challenges of Leadership and Governance
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2013
Summary
After more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, the United States and its allies are set to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in 2014. This transition poses many challenges, and much will depend on the future of Afghan politics, governance, corruption, development, security, and economics. How the United States manages the transition is vital for any hopes of creating a secure Afghanistan, as well as preventing the reemergence of the Taliban and other terrorist groups. The Afghan War in 2013 honestly assesses the benefits, costs, and risks involved in transition. It is essential reading for an in-depth understanding of the complex forces and intricacies of the United States’ role in Afghanistan and the difficulties involved in creating a stable Afghanistan in 2014 and beyond. Afghanistan is still at war and will probably be at war long after 2014. At the same time, the coming cuts in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and cuts in military and civil aid, along with the country’s fractious politics and insecurity, will interact with a wide range of additional factors that threaten to derail the transition. These factors, examined in this three-volume study, highlight the need to make the internal political, governmental, economic, and security dimensions of the transition as effective as possible. This will require a new degree of realism about what the Afghans can and cannot accomplish, about the best approaches to shaping the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), and the need for better planned and managed outside aid.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-2497-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-2498-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
50
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Table of Contents No access
Who Will Gain Power and Will Afghans Prove Capable of Taking the Lead? No access
Uncertain Outside Support and US and Afghan Tensions No access
INTRODUCTION No access Pages 1 - 1
The Problem of Leadership No access
The Problem of Governance No access
Ethnic, Sectarian, Tribal, and Linguistic Divisions No access
The Problem of the Rule of Law No access
Corruption, Capital Flight, and Power Brokers No access
The Good News About Afghan Pledges That Can Set Benchmarks for Conditional Aid and Assistance No access
The Bad News About Afghan Realities No access
DoD Updated Assessments in 2012 No access
The Corrupting Effect of Military and Aid Spending Without Proper Planning and Controls No access
Influencing Afghanistan to Become as Good as It Can Actually Get by Doing Things the Afghan Way No access
Problems in the Political, Governance, Security, and Economic Aspects of the Build Effort No access
Failing to Tie Development and Economic Aid to Progress at the Provincial, District, and Local Levels No access
