This book, by one of the leading authorities on the subject, presents a deep analysis of the very difficult current situation in Afghanistan.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Map

1. Introduction

2. The unravelling of Afghanistan

Statebuilding and reconstruction

3. Statebuilding: challenges and pathologies

4. Political development: mass, elite and institutional dimensions

5. Reconstruction: a critical assessment

Democracy and elections

6. Democracy and legitimation: challenges in the reconstitution of political processes

7. Afghan elections: from the sublime to the ridiculous?

Law and Human Rights

8. The rule of law and the weight of politics: challenges and trajectories

9. Human rights in Afghanistan

War

10. Surviving in a war zone: the problem of civilian casualties

11. Pakistan-Afghanistan relations

12. US-Afghanistan relations

13. Talking to the Taliban

Conclusion

14. Alternative futures for Afghanistan

Index

William Maley is Professor of Diplomacy, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, The Australian National University