Description |
1 online resource (390 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
Contents |
Introduction -- Key lessons of "failed state" wars -- Uncertain outside claims of success versus very different Afghan perceptions -- A nation under acute pressure and with critical ethnic and sectarian divisions -- Key civil challenges -- Uncertain politics and large areas of failed governance -- The corruption challenge -- The budget challenge -- Economic challenges -- Economic stability and development challenges -- PRT/DST impact -- Poverty challenge -- Business, investment, mining, and LoC challenges -- Narco-economy challenge -- Warfighting and violence challenge -- A focus on tactical outcomes disguises a lack of meaningful reporting on the key impact of the insurgency : growing insurgent influence and control and declining support for the government -- Civilian casualty challenges -- Declining Afghan perceptions of security -- Terrorism challenges -- ANSF force strength and readiness challenges -- Ministry of Defense and ANA forces and readiness -- Afghan Air Force vs. US and Allied air support -- Afghan Ministry of Interior forces and readiness -- NATO and US advisory manning levels -- U.S. civil and military aid -- An uncertain Pakistan -- Post-2016 security challenge |
Summary |
"Previous Burke Chair reports have addressed the fact that it has now been a year since U.S. and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) combat forces formally left Afghanistan. These reports have also addressed the fact that a wide range of indicators warn that the Afghan government and Afghan forces are losing at many levels: politics, governance, economics, security, and popular support. These reports have been further updated to include additional indicators"--Publisher's web site |
Notes |
"Burke Chair in Strategy." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (CSIS, viewed March 9, 2016) |
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Afghanistan. Afghan National Army.
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Afghanistan. National Police.
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Afghanistan. Afghan National Army. fast (OCoLC)fst01692795 |
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Afghanistan. National Police. fast (OCoLC)fst01911404 |
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Political corruption -- Afghanistan
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Economic development -- Afghanistan
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Drug traffic -- Afghanistan
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National security -- Afghanistan
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Terrorism -- Afghanistan
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Drug traffic.
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Economic development.
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Economic history.
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National security.
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Political corruption.
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Politics and government.
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Terrorism.
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Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-2021
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Afghanistan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Afghanistan.
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Electronic book
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Author |
CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, issuing body.
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher.
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