MOTIVES AND APPROACHES
xxiv+294pp
Did the international intervention in Afghanistan in 2001 lead to the creation of unrealistic expectations on the part of the Afghan peoples? What were the negative effects of the use of force? These are some of the urgent questions that this volume seeks to answer. It questions the rationale for occupation by the intervening power. How and to what extent is this intervention plagued by problems of will and capacity? The issue of humanitarian intervention has the potential to divide international institutions such as the UN and damage their credibility. The volume also questions what kind of scenario is likely to develop, both within Afghanistan and in the region, in the case of withdrawal of international forces.
The volume has developed out of an international seminar organised by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies in collaboration with Indian Council of World Affairs, aiming to bring together the perspectives of academicians, UN officials, journalists and military personnel.
Arpita Basu Roy is a Fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata. She was the recipient of the 10th Wrangler Pavate Fellowship in International Studies (2010) and was a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. She is a PhD from the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Binoda Kumar Mishra is a Fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata and PhD in Disarmament Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is also the Secretary General of a civilian initiative to promote sub-regional cooperation between India and China namely, Kolkata to Kunming (K2K) Forum.
Aliva Mishra was Fellow at Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA). She has done her PhD and MPhil from the Department of South Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and is presently Assistant Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia.
Introduction
Arpita Basu Roy
Debating International Intervention in Afghanistan
1. Debating the Question of International Intervention: The Afghanistan Context
Binoda Kumar Mishra
2. International Community in Afghanistan: From a Stalemate to a Definition of Success
Shanthie Mariet D'Souza
3. International Intervention in Afghanistan 2001-2011: Social Dimensions and Consequences
Vladimir Boyko
4. Rethinking International Intervention in Afghanistan
Aunohita Mojumdar
Military Withdrawal: Scenarios and US Strategies
5. Military Withdrawal: Prospective Scenarios for Afghanistan and the Region
Maqsudul Hasan Nuri
6. Military Withdrawal: Prospective Scenario for the Region
Shahmahmood Miakhel
7. American Military Strategy in Afghanistan: The Surge and Beyond
Jagmohan Meher
Dimensions of State and Nation-building
8. Nation-building in post-2001 Afghanistan: Role of the International Community
Jamal Rahman
9. State-building and the Continuation of Warlordism in Afghanistan
Zubair Popalzai
10. International and Regional Contributions to Afghan Reconstruction
Gulshan Sachdeva
11. Processes of Policymaking Leading to Strategies for State Building: The Case of Afghanistan
Sayed Mohammad Shah
The Government and the Taliban
12. Improvement of Governance and Rule of Law in Afghanistan
Abdul Rahman Ulfat Mahmoodi
13. Complicated Aspects of War in Afghanistan
Sanaullah Tasal
14. Pakistan's Strategic Interest in Afghanistan
Savita Pande
15. Afghanistan: The Peace Process and the Role of the Quetta Shura
Mariam Safi
16. Negotiating with the Afghan Taliban: Paving the Way to Peace or Civil War?
Vishal Chandra
Regional Concerns
17. Central Asia as a New Transit Way for NATO to Afghanistan
Vafo Niyatbekov
18. Problems and Perspectives in Countering Militant Threats in Afghanistan: Their Impact on Neighbours
Oybek Makhmudov
19. Indian Interests and Strategic Stakes in Afghanistan
Anwesha Ghosh
20. Afghanistan's Thirty Years War: End Game in Kabul?
Krishnan Srinivasan
Contributors
Index