| Afghanistan's Uncertain Transition from Turmoil to Normalcy Contributor(s): Rubin, Barnett R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 087609356X ISBN-13: 9780876093566 Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press OUR PRICE: $11.88 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: "Afghanistans Uncertain Transition" argues that Afghanistan is still far from stability. While the country has reestablished basic institutions of government, it has barely started to make them work. The government and its international supporters are challenged by a terrorist insurgency that has become more lethal and effective and that has bases in Pakistan, a drug trade that dominates the economy and corrupts the state, and pervasive poverty and insecurity. The Afghanistan Compact, approved in January 31, 2006, provides a road map for security, governance, and development over the next five years. The United States should take the lead in ensuring full funding and implementation of the Afghanistan Compact, and develop a coherent strategy toward the Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship. This strategy would entail pushing the Pakistani government to arrest Taliban leaders whose locations are provided by intelligence agencies and taking aggressive measures to close down the networks supporting suicide bombers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - History | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 958.104 |
| Series: Csr |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 8.17" W x 11.09" (0.35 lbs) 43 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyzes the challenges Afghanistan faces and proposes measures to meet them. By delineating tasks in the areas of security, governance, reconstruction, and regional cooperation that still require significant attention and resources, this report makes and important contribution to our understanding of what needs to be done in a country whose importance has for too long and too often been underestimated. |