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Author Dorronsoro, Gilles

Title Afghanistan : the impossible transition / Gilles Dorronsoro
Published Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (23 pages) : map (digital, PDF file)
Contents Summary, -- Introduction. -- The Coalition's shrunken space. -- The insurgency. -- Conclusion: the missing link. -- Notes. -- About the author. -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Summary A combination of two critical problems threatens to undermine the mission of the United States-led coalition in Afghanistan: the failure of the counterinsurgency strategy and a disconnect between political objectives and military operations. If anything, the current strategy is making a political solution less likely, notably because it is antagonizing Pakistan without containing the rise of the armed opposition. That has put the coalition in a paradoxical situation, in which it is being weakened militarily by a non-negotiated and inevitable withdrawal while at the same time alienating potential negotiating partners. The Obama administration has made new appointments to head the defense and intelligence agencies, and, in Afghanistan, has installed a new leadership to oversee U.S. military forces and named a new ambassador. The U.S. administration must take advantage of these appointments to establish greater coherence in both policy and operations
Notes June 2011
"South Asia."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-22)
Notes Title from PDF title screen (viewed on June 24, 2011)
Mode of access: World Wide Web
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Peace
Disengagement (Military science)
Postwar reconstruction -- Afghanistan
Insurgency -- Afghanistan
Terrorists -- Pakistan
Disengagement (Military science)
Insurgency.
Military policy.
Peace.
Postwar reconstruction.
International relations.
Terrorists.
SUBJECT United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
United States -- Relations -- Pakistan
Subject Afghanistan.
Pakistan.
United States.
Form Electronic book
Author Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.