Overcoming the obstacles to establishing a democratic state in Afghanistan / Dennis O. Young.
Young, Dennis O.
ACKU
Carlisle, Pa. [USA] : Strategic Studies Institute, 2007.
22 p. ; 30 cm.
Democracy – Afghanistan.
Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001- .
Postconflict reconstruction – Afghanistan.
Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001- .
Postconflict reconstruction – Afghanistan.
Pamphlet JQ 1769 .A15 .Y68 /2007 /+ /PDF /(395 KB)
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
16608
Summary: This paper looks at several of the obstacles to democracy in Afghanistan, to include the absence of a democratic history and tradition, an endemic culture of corruption, a pervasive narcotics trade and drug trafficking problem, tribalism and ethnic divides among the population, and finally the lack of support or assistance from neighboring Pakistan. The author proposes five possible strategies and adjustments to current efforts by the international community.
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