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Afghanistan: the case for state building-lite

By Michael Allen on September 2, 2009

“Those charged with nurturing Afghan democracy since the 2001 invasion have failed disastrously,” writes Michael Semple, a former UN political officer to Afghanistan and deputy EU special representative there. He makes a damning case against the country’s political elite and Western technocrats alike, yet agrees that there remains a case for nurturing democratic institutions:
We should [read full story]

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Abandon ‘irresistible illusion’ of Afghan democracy?

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]

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