Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict

Michael Bhatia was previously a visiting fellow at the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, and is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford.Mark Sedra is a Research Associate with the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC). In 2008 he will begin a dual appointment as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science of the University of Waterloo and as a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada.

• Introduction Part 1: Mapping Insecurity: Weapons Flows and Armed Groups in Afghanistan 1. Violence in Afghanistan: An Overview Michael Bhatia 2. Small Arms Flows into and within Afghanistan Michael Bhatia 3. Armed Groups in Afghanistan Michael Bhatia 4. The Four Pillars of Demilitarization in Afghanistan Mark Sedra 5. Small Arms and Security Sector Reform Mark Sedra Part 2: Case Studies 6. Ghor Province: All against all? Michael Bhatia 7. Paktya Province: Sources of Order and Disorder Michael Bhatia 8. Kandahar City: The Political Economy of Coalition Deployment Michael Bhatia 9. Kunduz, Takhar and Baghlan: Parties, Strongmen and Shifting Alliances Michael Bhatia 10. Jalalabad: The Consequences of Coalition Support Michael Bhatia 11. Hazarajat: Daykundi, Shahristan, Panjab, and Syahkhak Michael Bhatia