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  • Australia and Canada in Afghanistan

    Perspectives on a Mission

    Series Book 1 - Contemporary Canadian Issues
    Afghanistan is a long way from both Canada and Australia, but from 2001, fate conspired to bring the three countries together. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Australia and Canada joined the U.S. and other Western allies in attacking al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan.Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 4, 2001, but this was only the beginning of a much longer engagement in ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Afghanistan and International Relations

    Series series Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
    This book explores various dimensions of recent international relations scholarship, taking the case of Afghanistan as a point of departure for discussion of these different themes.Contributors investigate a broad range of topics, including international relations theory, the nature of global order, ‘othering’ discourses, diplomacy, international law, the transformation of war, terrorism, gender ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Afghanistan

    Politics and Economics in a Globalising State

    Series series The Contemporary Middle East
    This book offers an overview of the formation of the Afghan state and of the politics, economic challenges and international relations of contemporary Afghanistan.It opens with an account of some of the key features that make Afghanistan unique and proceeds to discuss how the Afghan state acquired a distinctive character as a rentier state. In addition, the authors outline a complex range of ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan

    The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 was the result of declining active support for the government, and of waste and inefficiency in aid delivery. Yet, while corrosive, these problems were not in themselves sufficient to have brought about a collapse. To a significant degree, they were the result of early failings in institutional design, reflecting an American inclination to pursue short ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Drones and Global Order

    Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society

    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    This book explores the implications of drone warfare for the legitimacy of global order.The literature on drone warfare has evolved from studying the proliferation of drones, to measuring their effectiveness, to exploring their legal, moral, and ethical impacts. These "three waves" of scholarship do not, however, address the implications of drone warfare for global order. This book fills the gap ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Afghanistan Wars

    by William Maley ...
    Series series Twentieth Century Wars
    A whole generation has grown up in Afghanistan knowing little but the ravages of war. The dramatic overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001 was simply one event in a series of interrelated struggles which have blighted ordinary people's lives over the last three decades, and which continue to interfere with reconciliation and reconstruction. This new edition of The Afghanistan Wars provides a ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Diplomacy, Communication, and Peace

    Selected Essays

    by William Maley ...
    Series series Routledge New Diplomacy Studies
    This book is composed of interconnected essays which reflect on challenging new issues related to diplomacy, communication, and peace.This book begins by drawing out some of the challenges for diplomacy that arise from modern theories of semantics and of strategic communication, as well as those posed by the need for secrecy, and by the activities of agents of influence. It then proceeds to ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Regime Change In Afghanistan

    Foreign Intervention And The Politics Of Legitimacy

    This book is a study of regime change in an underdeveloped country with a weak state and strong autonomous social organizations. Regime change is in many countries a traumatic and disruptive experience, but few countries have paid as high a cost to retain traditionally accepted relationships of authority as has Afghanistan since the communist coup ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Theorising the Responsibility to Protect

    Edited by Ramesh Thakur, William Maley ...
    One of the most important developments in world politics in the last decade has been the spread of the idea that state sovereignty comes with responsibilities as well as privileges, and that there exists a global responsibility to protect people threatened by mass atrocities. The principle of the Responsibility to Protect is an acknowledgment by all who live in zones of safety of a duty of care ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Reconstructing Afghanistan

    Civil-Military Experiences in Comparative Perspective

    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    This book identifies some of the main lessons for civil-military interactions that can be derived from the experiences of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan.The book has three main themes. Firstly, the volume analyses why the ways in which civil and military actors interact in theatres of operations such as Afghanistan matter — for both those categories of actors, and for the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Transition in Afghanistan

    Hope, Despair and the Limits of Statebuilding

    by William Maley ...
    Series series Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
    This book, by one of the most experienced authorities on the subject, presents a deep analysis of the very difficult current situation in Afghanistan. Covering a wide range of important subjects including state-building, democracy, war, the rule of law, and international relations, the book draws out two overarching key factors: the way in which the prevailing neopatrimonial political order has ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Afghanistan – Challenges and Prospects

    Series series Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
    After decades of turmoil a new phase is opening up for Afghanistan, in which a new generation comes to the fore as many of the key players from earlier phases, including foreign interventionist powers, leave the scene. Although this new phase offers new possibilities and increased hope for Afghanistan’s future, the huge problems created in earlier phases remain. This book presents a comprehensive ... Read more

    $59.99 USD