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" Political Settlement and National Reconciliation: "
Mubarak , Shafiq
Sela, Ron
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1106518
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TLpq2399953237
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Mubarak , Shafiq
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Sela, Ron
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Political Settlement and National Reconciliation:\ Mubarak , Shafiq Sela, Ron
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Indiana University
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2020
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2020
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M.A.
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84
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The recent (Summer 2019) debacle in the so-called “Afghan Peace Process” reveals some of the hindrances to achieving closure to the 18-year-old U.S. war in Afghanistan and to the four-decade-long Afghan unrest. The lengthy deployment of the world’s best and most technologically advanced military has been unable to defeat the resurgent Taliban Movement since its government was toppled in late 2001, resulting in a U.S. admission that the Taliban could not be defeated by military means alone. It seems that all the warring parties have expressed an interest in a long-lasting peace, yet still the war continues. This paper analyzes ample examples of past and present failed and successful cases of peace processes and insurgencies around the world (but chiefly in Afghanistan) and draws possible lessons for Afghanistan. My research indicates that there currently exists a real opportunity for ending the war, an opportunity that is generated by a stalemate in the battlefield, the Taliban’s growing strength and perceived legitimacy, real all-around interest in peace due to financial and political pressure, and shifting geopolitics. However, the prescription for a fruitful dialogue has been disastrous, and has guaranteed neither U.S. success in Afghanistan nor the credibility of the young and limited democracy in Kabul. Based on my research, I propose that the way to end the conflict in Afghanistan responsibly necessitates first a political settlement among the states of Afghanistan, the United States and Pakistan and, immediately afterward, a “national reconciliation” between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban Movement.
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Asian history
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Asian studies
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