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By Michael Allen on January 20, 2010
Authoritarian regimes have deliberately targeted and intensified attacks against human rights and democracy advocates over the past year, according to the annual review of Human Rights Watch. [read full story]
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By Michael Allen on September 18, 2009
The widespread fraud in the recent Afghan election has prompted a rift between accommodationists and hardliners within the international community, while the deteriorating security situation have fed disillusion and prompted some politicians and commentators alike to advocate withdrawal.
But less faint-hearted voices are calling for commitment and consistency.
“As in Iraq in 2007, everything in Afghanistan is [read full story]
Posted in Afghanistan, Democracy assistance, Failed states, Islam/politics, National Endowment for Democracy, democracy promotion, promoting democracy | Tagged Afghanistan |
By Michael Allen on July 17, 2009
The international community should abandon the irresistible illusion of Afghan democracy and adopt a more moderate, minimalist approach to stabilizing Afghanistan, argues Rory Stewart. Lacking the necessary knowledge, power and legitimacy to craft a sustainable democracy, the most feasible aspiration is a state that looks like its neighbors, he suggests.
Stabilization though an Iraq-style surge is [read full story]
Posted in Afghanistan, Democracy assistance, Human rights, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, democracy promotion | Tagged Afghan democracy, Afghanistan, Christopher Hitchens, Human rights, Rory Stewart, state-building, sustainable democracy |
By Michael Allen on June 18, 2009
The Obama administration has apparently conceded that prospects for building democracy in Afghanistan are slight, at least for the foreseeable future, even though Afghan democrats and civil society groups will continue their laudable efforts. But now commentators are asking whether it is worthwhile or even feasible for the U.S. to engage in nation-building or even [read full story]
Posted in Afghanistan, Democracy assistance, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, democracy promotion | Tagged Afghan civil society, Afghan democrats, Afghanistan, building democracy, Council on Foreign Relations, nation-building, Stephen Biddle, taliban, The American Interest |
By Michael Allen on March 27, 2009
President Barack Obama today launched a new strategy to “disrupt, defeat and dismantle” al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He described the situation in Afghanistan as “increasingly perilous” and the strategy stresses the priority accorded to security and stability while asserting the need for improved governance.
Obama noted that the Pakistani people have “struggled [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Middle East and North Africa, democracy promotion, foreign policy, promoting democracy | Tagged Afghanistan, barak obama, Democracy assistance, democracy promotion, foreign policy, promoting democracy |
By Michael Allen on March 19, 2009
Further to the ongoing debate about the way forward in Afghanistan, former finance minister Ashraf Ghani argues that even the most comprehensive and aggressive counter-insurgency strategy will fail unless the issue of corruption is addressed:
To begin the process of cleaning up government, a new commission of civil society organizations should look into the sale and [read full story]
Posted in Asia, corruption | Tagged Afghanistan, Asia, corruption |
By Michael Allen on January 14, 2009
The incoming Obama administration faces no shortage of advice on how it should deal with emerging foreign policy challenges, not least in Afghanistan, where the administration faces what is “probably the longest campaign in the long war,” General David Petraeus told a Washington conference last week. The forthcoming elections must be seen to be legitimate, [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Democracy assistance, Failed states, Islam/politics, NGOs/Civil society, corruption, foreign policy | Tagged Afghanistan, NGOs/Civil society |
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