Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror

Introduction

1. Prelude: Afghanistan between two wars, 1989-2001

Afghanistan in the international system

The political economy of war and peace in Afghanistan

Arab Islamists in Afghanistan

2. National building lite

A blueprint for Afghanistan

The politics of center-periphery relations in Afghanistan / with Helena Malikyar

Transitional justice and human rights in Afghanistan

Crafting a constitution for Afghanistan

The political context of public administration reform in Afghanistan

Peace building, state building: constructing sovereignty for security

The politics of security in postconflict state building

Regional issues in the reconstruction of Afghanistan / with Andrea Armstrong

Afghanistan's uncertain transition from turmoil to normalcy

Afghanistan 2005 and beyond: prospects for improved stability reference document / with Humayun Hamidzada and Abby Stoddard

3. Back to war

Saving Afghanistan

Resolving the Pakistan-Afghanistan stalemate / with Abubakar Siddique

Counternarcotics to stabilize Afghanistan: the false promise of crop eradication / with Jake Sherman

Afghan dilemmas: defining commitments

The transformation of the Afghan state

From great game to grand bargain: ending chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan / with Ahmed Rashid

The way forward in Afghanistan: end the War on Terror

Epilogue: A tribe apart: Afghan elites face a corrosive past.