CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction

PART ONE: PRELUDE: AFGHANISTAN BETWEEN TWO WARS, 1989–2001

Preface to Part One: Helping Afghanistan

1. Afghanistan in the International System

2. The Political Economy of War and Peace in Afghanistan

3. Arab Islamists in Afghanistan

PART TWO: NATION BUILDING LITE

Preface to Part Two: Afghans Can Be Our Allies

4. A Blueprint for Afghanistan

5. The Politics of Center-Periphery Relations in Afghanistan

With Helena Malikyar

6. Transitional Justice and Human Rights in Afghanistan

7. Crafting a Constitution for Afghanistan

8. The Political Context of Public Administration Reform in Afghanistan

9. Peace Building, State Building: Constructing Sovereignty for Security

10. The Politics of Security in Postconflict State Building

11. Regional Issues in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan

With Andrea Armstrong

12. Afghanistan’s Uncertain Transition from Turmoil to Normalcy

13. Afghanistan 2005 and Beyond: Prospects for Improved Stability Reference Document

With Humayun Hamidzada and Abby Stoddard

PART THREE: BACK TO WAR

Preface to Part Three: The Death of an Afghan Optimist

14. Saving Afghanistan

15. Resolving the Pakistan-Afghanistan Stalemate

With Abubakar Siddique

16. Counternarcotics to Stabilize Afghanistan: The False Promise of Crop Eradication

With Jake Sherman

17. Afghan Dilemmas: Defining Commitments

18. The Transformation of the Afghan State

19. From Great Game to Grand Bargain: Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan

With Ahmed Rashid

20. The Way Forward in Afghanistan: End the War on Terror

Epilogue: A Tribe Apart: Afghan Elites Face a Corrosive Past

Works Cited

Index