Title Afghanistan at transition : lessons of the longest war / author, Anthony H. Cordesman, with Aaron Lin

Published Washington, DC : Center for Strategic and International Studies ; Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 223 pages) : color illustrations, color maps Series CSIS reports CSIS report. Contents Executive summary -- The strategic vacuum in Afghanistan, Central and South Asia -- Uncertain priorities for US strategy -- The "threat" from Afghan politics, leadership, governance, and prospects for stability -- The ANSF and the threat from an intensifying conflict -- Problems in developing an effective ANSF -- The "threat" from Afghan economic challenges -- Regional "threats" : the uncertain impact of Pakistan -- Regional "threats" : strategic minimalism in Central Asia -- Regional "threats" : the real US strategic interest in India -- Regional "threats" : Iran, China, Russia, and other external powers -- US strategy : conditions-based commitments or limit the US role in Afghanistan and the Region Summary "This new study covers the civil and military lessons of the war in Afghanistan as of 2015, the trends at the time of transition, and the risks inherent in the current approach to supporting Afghanistan. The report focuses on the lessons to be learned from the US experience in Afghanistan to date and the problems Afghanistan faces now that most US and allied combat forces have left. The work builds on more than a decade's worth of reporting and analysis of the Afghan war. It examines the recent trends and problems in Afghan governance, trends in the fighting, progress in the Afghan security forces, and what may be a growing crisis in the Afghan economy. The analysis is supported with extensive metrics on every major military and civil aspect of the war, a detailed analysis of the fighting, and a close examination of the problems resulting from the lack of Afghan political unity, the growing Afghan budget crisis, and critical problems with power brokers and corruption"--Publisher's web site Notes "March 2015." "A report of the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (CSIS, viewed March 24, 2015) Subject Afghanistan. National Security Forces SUBJECT Afghanistan. National Security Forces fast Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Peace HISTORY -- Military -- Afghan War (2001- ) Economic history Peace Politics and government Strategic aspects of individual places United States of America. Afghanistan. Civil wars. Armed forces. Transitional justice. SUBJECT Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-2021 Afghanistan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects Subject Afghanistan Central Asia Form Electronic book Author Lin, Aaron, author CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, issuing body. Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher. LC no. 2021763913 ISBN 9781442240810 1442240814

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