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An Advisory Capacity: The Wider Ramifications of Security Force Assistance Brigades in Afghanistan

SWJED — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:15:23 +0000

An Advisory Capacity: The Wider Ramifications of Security Force Assistance Brigades in Afghanistan

The long-term deployment and regenerative capabilities of SFABs creates an opportunity to capitalize on situations short of conflict. According to USAID, premature attempts at democratization resulted mainly from failures to “develop the political and social infrastructure to a level that could absorb (manage, resolve or transform) the conﬂicts that arose” prior to hosting elections.

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Levantistan and The Confederacy of Afghanistan: How Redrawing the Map Can End America’s Wars

SWJED — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:02:13 +0000

Levantistan and The Confederacy of Afghanistan: How Redrawing the Map Can End America’s Wars

Nation-state borders are not sacrosanct. Exchanging land for peace is always a viable option, and this could provide a solution to America’s involvement in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Although multiple solutions are available, we will focus on two: merging nations and fragmenting nations. Merging nations would entail merging Iraq with Syria, and merging Afghanistan with Pakistan. Fragmenting nations would break up the two nations into numerous smaller nations, as happened to Yugoslavia, albeit peacefully.

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Pashtun Uprising 3.0

SWJED — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:16:18 +0000

Pashtun Uprising 3.0 SWJED Fri, 02/09/2018 - 3:16pm

Voices of resentment and marginalization are loud and clear, the participants seem determined to have their voices heard. Can this protest prove be an eye-opener for the Pakistani elite?