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ISBN: B4778 – Hardback
Publisher: MPPL
ISBN: Z2362
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
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| Weight | 0.4 kg |
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| ISBN | Z2362 |
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| Publication Date | 1988 |
| Pages | 235 |
| Author | |
| Author Description | Grant M. Farr is professor and head of the Department of Sociology, Portland State University, Oregon. John G. Merriam is associate professor in the Department of Political Science, Bowling Green State University, Ohio. |
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Afghanistan dominates the news today, as it often did during the Soviet occupation two decades ago. But even in the 19th and early 20th centuries at the height of the Great Game, Afghanistan was the focal point of East-West relations. Squeezed between Russia, China, India and Persia, its tortured history provides an extraordinary glimpse into the patterns of world politics. Today, Afghanistan sits at the pivot of a region where a new Great Game is taking shape, pitched between America, its rivals and the peoples of Central Asia.
ISBN: 1850438579
Publisher: I.B.TAURIS
ISBN: 9693513231
Publisher: SANG-E-MEEL
ISBN: 9781784530815
Publisher: I. B. TAURIS
CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN
ISBN: 9694022681
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
Given resumed Taliban power and attacks, Afghanistan must tackle a host of serious problems before it can emerge as a confident, independent nation. Security in this battered state continues to deteriorate; suicide bombings, convoy ambushes, and insurgent attacks are still all too common. Effective state building depends upon eliminating the national security crisis and enhancing the rule of law. This book offers a blueprint for moving the embattled nation toward greater democracy and prosperity. Robert Rotberg and his colleagues argue that the future success of state building in Afghanistan depends on reducing its dependence on the opium trade and enhancing its economic status. Many of Afghanistan’s security problems are related to poppy growing, opium and heroin production, and drug trafficking. Building a New Afghanistan suggests controversial new alternatives to immediate eradication, which is foolish and counter-productive. These options include monetary incentives for growing wheat, a viable local crop. Greater wheat production would feed hungry Afghans while reducing narco-trafficking and the terror that comes with it.
Integrating land-locked Afghanistan into the Central Asia or greater Eurasia economy would open up trading partnerships with its northern and western neighbours as well as with Pakistan, India, and possibly China. Developing a sense of common purpose among citizens would benefit the economy and could help to unite the nation. Perhaps most important, bolstering better governance in Afghanistan is necessary in order to reduce chaos and corruption and enact nationwide reforms. Fresh and insightful, Building a New Afghanistan shows what the country’s leadership and the international community should do to resolve dangerous issues and bolster a still fragile state.
ISBN: 9789694025087
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
