Afghanistan in the Balance: Counterinsurgency, Comprehensive Approach, and Political Order

by Ehrhart, Hans-Georg; Gareis, Sven Bernhard; Pentland, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781553393535
• ISBN10: 1553393538
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-09
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

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 of the ripple effect that the situation in Afghanistan has sent around the world.

Author Biography

Hans-Georg Ehrhart is senior research fellow and director of the Centre for European Peace and Security Studies at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Sven Bernhard Gareis is deputy head of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the Fhrungsakademie der Bundeswehr and professor of political science at the Westflische Wilhelms-Universitt in Mnster, Germany. Charles C. Pentland is professor of political studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. v
Introduction	p. 1
Counterinsurgency
US/NATO Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: Evaluating Concepts and Practices	p. 13
With Enough Nails: Canadian COIN in Kandahar	p. 37
The German Approach to Counterinsurgency: Concepts and Practice	p. 51
Peace-Building and COIN in Afghanistan: The View of NGOs - What Is Really Needed?	p. 69
Non-governmental Aid Organizations as Force-Multipliers? Limits of Civil-Military Co-operation in Afghanistan	p. 83
Comprehensive Approach
Why Orthodox Forms of Security Sector Reform Assistance Are Bound to Fail in Afghanistan and Other Conflict-Affected States	p. 97
EU Contributions to Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan: Toward a Comprehensive Approach?	p. 111
Conclusive Concept or Catchword? On the Pretence and Practice of Germany's Networked Security in Afghanistan	p. 123
Political Order
The Challenges of Afghan Development through Trade	p. 141
Regional Power Play: Pakistan's Foreign Policy between India and Afghanistan	p. 157
Mind the Neighbours! Central Asian Interests and Visions of Afghanistan	p. 171
The Graveyard of the Liberal Moment? Afghanistan and the Future of Liberal Order-Building	p. 187
Biographies	p. 205
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