Neamat Nojumi

American State-Building in Afghanistan and Its Regional Consequences (eBook, PDF)

Achieving Democratic Stability and Balancing China's Influence

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book calls for rethinking U.S. policy toward promoting Afghanistan as a regional economic hub in Southwest and Central Asia as it fits within the broader national security interest of the regional states. It argues for defining Afghanistan within the U.S. national security interests in Southwest and Central Asia, including Iran, and offers critical strategic tools for Washington to support political openness and reforms that can balance China and Russia, as well as more effectively manage Iran's regional behavior. It links the U.S. policy approach in Southwest and Central Asia as the "missing leg" of Washington's East Asia policy. The book defines the strategic interests of each of Afghanistan's neighboring states and key regional actors to explain why a rethinking of the U.S. role in Afghanistan can assist the emergence of a new regional order in Southwest and Central Asia, which in turn can embolden a free market economy and a growing political openness superior to authoritarianism and Islamist militancy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216295051
• Artikelnr.: 74850584

Autorenporträt

Neamat Nojumi is affiliated with Boston University and worked with number of accredited institutions, including George Mason University, Tufts University, and Harvard University. He also worked as a senior advisor for and with the U.S. government and NATO as well as for non-governmental organizations including the United Nations, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Foreword by Professor Thomas Barfield
Introduction
Part One: The Ability of Afghanistan to Deliver Acceptable Governance to
its People
Chapter One: The Role of the U.S. Military Intervention in the
State-Building Process
Part Two: Overcoming Structural Shortfalls of State-Building
Chapter Two: The Assumptions of the Interventionists in State-Building
Chapter Three: Political Strategic Pitfalls and Opportunities in the Decade
of Transition
Chapter Four: Achieving the "Soft Landing" into Transition - Immediate to
Short-Term
Chapter Five: Achieving Economic Stability - Mid- to Long-Term
Part Three: Afghanistan's Changing Geopolitical Role in the Region
Chapter Six: The Reconfiguration of Afghanistan's Geo-Political Role
Chapter Seven: The Birthplace of a New Regional Order - Key Regional
Economic Actors
Part Four: Key Steps toward Afghanistan's Future Stability
Chapter Eight: Overcoming Insurgency and Corruption - The Decade of
Transformation