Afghanistan at transition : lessons of the longest war / / Anthony H. Cordesman with Aaron Lin |
Autore | Cordesman Anthony H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
Disciplina | 958.1047 |
Collana | CSIS Reports. |
Soggetto topico | Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Peace |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Afghanistan At Transition ; Table of Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; I. THE STRATEGIC VACUUM IN AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA; US STRATEGY WRITES OFF AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN, AND THE REGION; A QDR That Largely Wrote Off the Region; President Obama's Statement on Afghanistan on May 27, 2014; President Obama's New Strategy Speech at West Point; NO CLEARER LEAD FROM NATO; A CIVIL FAILURE BY USAID, THE UN AND OTHER DONORS; No Real Future Aid Plans or Afghan Deliverables on Reform; The London Conference in December 2014; The Death of the Tokyo Conference Deliverables; President Ghani on Reform
II. UNCERTAIN PRIORITIES FOR US STRATEGYUS "STRATEGIC TRIAGE" IS CRITICAL; THE ISSUE IS NOT RESOURCES, BUT STRATEGIC PRIORITY; THE COST-BENEFITS OF UPPING THE ANTE; III. THE "THREAT" FROM AFGHAN POLITICS, LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, AND PROSPECTS FOR STABILITY; THE SHELL OF DEMOCRACY: THE REALITY OF THE PRESIDENCY, POWER BROKERS, PARALLEL DONOR COUNTRY GOVERNANCE; The Reality of National Versus Local Governance; Parallel Governance by ISAF Regional Commands and National Air Donors; The US Role in Weak and Failed Afghan Governance; A DIVIDED, POOR, AND STRUGGLING NATION FAILED AND CORRUPT 2014 ELECTIONS THAT DID MORE TO DIVIDE THAN UNITEAN AWKWARD AND UNCERTAIN COMPROMISE; A Deeply Uncertain Compromise at the Top; Limited Progress in Signing a Bilateral Security Agreement; UNCERTAIN AFGHAN LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE: TWO YEARS TOO LATE?; THE HERITAGE OF FAILED GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION; Corruption and Incompetence; Keeping Corruption in Perspective; THE BUDGET CRISIS IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES; The Failure to Win US and Other Outside Domestic Political Support; The Combined Threat from Host Country Politics, Governance, and Budgeting IV. THE ANSF AND THE THREAT FROM AN INTENSIFYING CONFLICTThe President's "Sell by Date": Slashing Advisors and Support Regardless of Conditions in Afghanistan; The Impact of a Late and Erratic Effort to Create Effective Afghan Forces; The US as a Self-Inflicted Threat; A Brief and Largely Ineffective US Surge; Host Country "Threat"; Rushing Force Development beyond Afghan and ISAF Capacity; The Uncertain Threat; The Uncertain Integrity of ISAF and Department of Defense Reporting on the Growing Security Challenges at the Time of Transition The Warnings in UN and SIGAR Casualty Data and Other ReportingThe Final UN Report on Casualties through the End of 2014 Calls ISAF and Department of Defense Reporting into Even More Serious Question; Estimating the Growth of Taliban and Other Insurgent Influence and Control; Mixed Data on Popular Support for the ANSF; V. PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ANSF; THE QUESTION OF SIZE AND COST; UNCERTAIN PROGRESS IN THE ANSF; Grossly Over-classifying Data on Afghan Combat and Police Forces for Political Ends; Issuing Meaningless Metrics on ANSF Capability AN UNREADY AND CORRUPT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788300303321 |
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Afghanistan at transition : lessons of the longest war / / Anthony H. Cordesman with Aaron Lin |
Autore | Cordesman Anthony H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
Disciplina | 958.1047 |
Collana | CSIS Reports. |
Soggetto topico | Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Peace |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Afghanistan At Transition ; Table of Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; I. THE STRATEGIC VACUUM IN AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA; US STRATEGY WRITES OFF AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN, AND THE REGION; A QDR That Largely Wrote Off the Region; President Obama's Statement on Afghanistan on May 27, 2014; President Obama's New Strategy Speech at West Point; NO CLEARER LEAD FROM NATO; A CIVIL FAILURE BY USAID, THE UN AND OTHER DONORS; No Real Future Aid Plans or Afghan Deliverables on Reform; The London Conference in December 2014; The Death of the Tokyo Conference Deliverables; President Ghani on Reform
II. UNCERTAIN PRIORITIES FOR US STRATEGYUS "STRATEGIC TRIAGE" IS CRITICAL; THE ISSUE IS NOT RESOURCES, BUT STRATEGIC PRIORITY; THE COST-BENEFITS OF UPPING THE ANTE; III. THE "THREAT" FROM AFGHAN POLITICS, LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, AND PROSPECTS FOR STABILITY; THE SHELL OF DEMOCRACY: THE REALITY OF THE PRESIDENCY, POWER BROKERS, PARALLEL DONOR COUNTRY GOVERNANCE; The Reality of National Versus Local Governance; Parallel Governance by ISAF Regional Commands and National Air Donors; The US Role in Weak and Failed Afghan Governance; A DIVIDED, POOR, AND STRUGGLING NATION FAILED AND CORRUPT 2014 ELECTIONS THAT DID MORE TO DIVIDE THAN UNITEAN AWKWARD AND UNCERTAIN COMPROMISE; A Deeply Uncertain Compromise at the Top; Limited Progress in Signing a Bilateral Security Agreement; UNCERTAIN AFGHAN LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE: TWO YEARS TOO LATE?; THE HERITAGE OF FAILED GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION; Corruption and Incompetence; Keeping Corruption in Perspective; THE BUDGET CRISIS IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES; The Failure to Win US and Other Outside Domestic Political Support; The Combined Threat from Host Country Politics, Governance, and Budgeting IV. THE ANSF AND THE THREAT FROM AN INTENSIFYING CONFLICTThe President's "Sell by Date": Slashing Advisors and Support Regardless of Conditions in Afghanistan; The Impact of a Late and Erratic Effort to Create Effective Afghan Forces; The US as a Self-Inflicted Threat; A Brief and Largely Ineffective US Surge; Host Country "Threat"; Rushing Force Development beyond Afghan and ISAF Capacity; The Uncertain Threat; The Uncertain Integrity of ISAF and Department of Defense Reporting on the Growing Security Challenges at the Time of Transition The Warnings in UN and SIGAR Casualty Data and Other ReportingThe Final UN Report on Casualties through the End of 2014 Calls ISAF and Department of Defense Reporting into Even More Serious Question; Estimating the Growth of Taliban and Other Insurgent Influence and Control; Mixed Data on Popular Support for the ANSF; V. PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ANSF; THE QUESTION OF SIZE AND COST; UNCERTAIN PROGRESS IN THE ANSF; Grossly Over-classifying Data on Afghan Combat and Police Forces for Political Ends; Issuing Meaningless Metrics on ANSF Capability AN UNREADY AND CORRUPT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814007403321 |
Cordesman Anthony H.
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Africa's new energy producers : making the most of emerging opportunities / / Jennifer G. Cooke, David L. Goldwyn |
Autore | Cooke Jennifer G. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (46 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7967 |
Collana | CSIS Reports |
Soggetto topico |
Energy industries - Africa
Petroleum industry and trade - Africa Gas industry - Africa Economic development - Africa |
ISBN | 1-4422-4062-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Africa's New Energy Producers ; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Executive Summary ; 1. Africa and the Changing Energy Landscape ; 2. U.S. Interests in Africa's Energy Future ; 3. Big Potential and Big Opportunities ; 4. Challenges for Investors, Producers, and Citizens ; 5. Best Practices and Models for Partnership ; 6. Recommendations for U.S. Policy ; 7. Conclusion ; About the Project Cochairs and Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798049903321 |
Cooke Jennifer G.
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
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Africa's new energy producers : making the most of emerging opportunities / / Jennifer G. Cooke, David L. Goldwyn |
Autore | Cooke Jennifer G. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (46 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7967 |
Collana | CSIS Reports |
Soggetto topico |
Energy industries - Africa
Petroleum industry and trade - Africa Gas industry - Africa Economic development - Africa |
ISBN | 1-4422-4062-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Africa's New Energy Producers ; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Executive Summary ; 1. Africa and the Changing Energy Landscape ; 2. U.S. Interests in Africa's Energy Future ; 3. Big Potential and Big Opportunities ; 4. Challenges for Investors, Producers, and Citizens ; 5. Best Practices and Models for Partnership ; 6. Recommendations for U.S. Policy ; 7. Conclusion ; About the Project Cochairs and Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823986103321 |
Cooke Jennifer G.
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Azerbaijan in a reconnecting Eurasia : foreign economic and security interests / / Anw C. Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Oliver Backes |
Autore | Kuchins Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (51 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 947.58086 |
Collana | CSIS Reports |
Soggetto topico |
Security, International - Azerbaijan
HISTORY / Europe / Eastern HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union Diplomatic relations International economic relations Security, International |
ISBN | 1-4422-5956-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798521603321 |
Kuchins Andrew
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Azerbaijan in a reconnecting Eurasia : foreign economic and security interests / / Anw C. Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Oliver Backes |
Autore | Kuchins Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (51 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 947.58086 |
Collana | CSIS Reports |
Soggetto topico |
Security, International - Azerbaijan
HISTORY / Europe / Eastern HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union Diplomatic relations International economic relations Security, International |
ISBN | 1-4422-5956-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806117603321 |
Kuchins Andrew
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Beyond unilateral economic sanctions : better alternatives for U.S. Foreign Policy / Joseph J. Collins and Gabrielle D. Bowdoin |
Autore | Collins, Joseph J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [New York] : Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | XII, 44 p. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 337.73 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Bowdoin, Gabrielle D. |
Collana | CSIS Report |
ISBN | 0-89206-351-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990007110190403321 |
Collins, Joseph J.
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Central Asia in a reconnecting Eurasia : Turkmenistan's evolving foreign economic and security interests / / Andrew C. Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Oliver Backes |
Autore | Kuchins Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (41 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.09 |
Collana | CSIS Reports |
Soggetto topico | Security, International - Asia, Central |
ISBN | 1-4422-4099-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Central Asia In A Reconnecting Eurasia Turkmenistan's; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The View from Ashgabat; 2. Turkmenistan's Foreign Economic and Security Policy; 3. Turkmenistan in a Reconnecting Eurasia; 4. Conclusion; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797211903321 |
Kuchins Andrew
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Central Asia in a reconnecting Eurasia : Kyrgyzstan's evolving foreign economic and security interests / / Andrew Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Oliver Backes |
Autore | Kuchins Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (43 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.033058 |
Collana | CSIS Reports |
Soggetto topico | Security, International - Asia, Central |
ISBN | 1-4422-4101-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Central Asia In A Reconnecting Eurasia Kyrgyzstan's; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The View from Bishkek; 2. Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Economic and Security Policy; 3. Kyrgyzstan in a Reconnecting Eurasia; 4. Conclusion; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797212103321 |
Kuchins Andrew
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Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
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Central Asia in a reconnecting Eurasia : Tajikistan's evolving foreign economic and security interests / / Andrew Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Oliver Backes |
Autore | Kuchins Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (43 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.172096 |
Collana | CSIS Reports |
Soggetto topico | Security, International - Asia, Central |
ISBN | 1-4422-4103-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Central Asia In A Reconnecting Eurasia Tajikistan's; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The View from Dushanbe; 2. Tajikistan's Foreign Economic and Security Policy; 3. Tajikistan in a Reconnecting Eurasia; 4. Conclusion; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797212303321 |
Kuchins Andrew
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Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
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