economic development http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en Missing Economic Strategy in Iraq http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/missing-economic-strategy-in-iraq <span>Missing Economic Strategy in Iraq</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Sat, 12/17/2016 - 11:49am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> This paper was prepared in early 2010, when it might still have been possible to advance an agenda for a diversified private sector in Iraq.  We missed our opportunity.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/missing-economic-strategy-in-iraq" rel="tag" title="Missing Economic Strategy in Iraq" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Missing Economic Strategy in Iraq</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:49:08 +0000 SWJED 57300 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Detour Needed: The 'New Silk Road' and a False Hope for a Troubled Afghanistan http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/detour-needed-the-new-silk-road-and-a-false-hope-for-a-troubled-afghanistan <span>Detour Needed: The &#039;New Silk Road&#039; and a False Hope for a Troubled Afghanistan</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Thu, 06/20/2013 - 3:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> While impressive on paper, in practice the NSR is a hollow concept that will not translate into any substantial economic benefits for Central Asians, Afghans, or Pakistanis.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/detour-needed-the-new-silk-road-and-a-false-hope-for-a-troubled-afghanistan" rel="tag" title="Detour Needed: The &#039;New Silk Road&#039; and a False Hope for a Troubled Afghanistan" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Detour Needed: The &#039;New Silk Road&#039; and a False Hope for a Troubled Afghanistan</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/detour-needed-the-new-silk-road-and-a-false-hope-for-a-troubled-afghanistan#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">4 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/850/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1665503477" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 14144 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com