The Prospects for Security and Political Reconciliation in Afghanistan: Local, National, and Regional Dimensions
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Links | Posted Feb 15, 2010
17-18 February 2010
Suggested Readings
Session Two: What is “political settlement” in Afghanistan?
Michael Semple and Fotini Christia, “Flipping the Taliban: How to Win in Afghanistan,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2009.
Michael Semple, “We need to offer the Taliban more than just money,” Financial Times, February 5, 2010.
Gilles Dorronsoro, “A London Fog on Afghanistan,” Foreignpolicy.com, February 5, 2010.
Vanda Felbab-Brown “Negotiations and Reconciliation with the Taliban: Key Policy Issues and Dilemmas,” Brookings Institution, January 28, 2010.
Talatbek Masadykov, Antonio Giustozzi, and James Michael Pagew, “Negotiating with the Taliban: Toward a Solution for the Afghan Conflict,” LSE Crisis States Research Center Working Paper, no. 66, January 2010.
Stewart, Rory, “Afghanistan: What Could Work,” The New York Review of Books, January 14, 2010.
Ahmed Rashid, “A Deal with the Taliban?” The New York Review of Books, February 25, 2010.
Session Three: Political Settlement and the Role of Military Operations
Obaid Younossi et al, “The Long March: Building an Afghan National Army,” RAND Corporation, 2009.
Noorolhaq Olomi, "The Afghan Reconciliation: An assessment by a member of the Afghan Parliament,"February 7, 2010
Lieutenant General James M. Dubik, &ldquote;Accelerating Combat Power in Afghanistan,&rdquote; INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY of WAR, December 2009
Session Four: Local Security Arrangements & Disarmament, Demobilization, and (Re)integration
Joanna Nathan, “A Review of Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan,” CTC Sentinel, August 2009.
Jake Sherman and Victoria DiDomenico, “The Public Cost of Private Security in Afghanistan,” Center for International Cooperation Briefing Paper, September 2009.
Session Five: The Political Economy of (Counter)Insurgency and Statebuilding
Andew Wilder and Stuart Gordon, “Money Can't Buy America Love,” foreignpolicy.com, December 1, 2009.
Vanda Felbab-Brown: “The Obama Administration's New Counternarcotics Policy in Afghanistan: Its Promise and Potential Pitfalls,” Brookings Policy Brief Series no. 171, September 2009.
David Mansfield, “Testimony before the Sub Committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,” Congressional Record, October 1, 2009
Session Six: Regional Dimensions and Implications
Ehsan Ahrari, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Louise I. Shelly, and Nazia Hussain, “Narco-Jihad: Drug Trafficking and Security in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” NBR Special Report no. 20, December 2009.
Kissinger, Henry, “A Strategy for Afghanistan,” Washington Post, February 26, 2009.
Karl F. Inderfurth and Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, “Afghanistan Needs a Surge of Diplomacy,” New York Times, January 20, 2010.
Boris Gromov and Dmitry Rogozin, “Russian Advice on Afghanistan,” New York Times, January 11, 2010.
Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid, “From Great Game to Great Bargain,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2008.
Bruce Riedel and Pavneet Singh, “U.S.-China Relations: Seeking Strategic Convergence in Pakistan,” Brookings Institution Policy Paper no. 18, January 2010.
Martha Brill Olcott, “Central Asia: Living in Afghanistan's Shadow,” Noref Policy Brief no. 1, November 2009.