Afghanistan – Challenges and Prospects

Srinjoy Bose is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, UK. Nishank Motwani is a Visiting Fellow in the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at The Australian National University.William Maley is Professor of Diplomacy, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at The Australian National University.

• 1. Contextualising Afghanistan’s transitions: influences and challenges2. Neither war nor peacePart I: The politics of the state3. The state and community self-governance: paths to stability and human security in post-2014 Afghanistan4. State strength and the rule of law5. Revenue and statebuilding in AfghanistanPart II: State, society and governance6. Getting the politics right: beyond ‘good governance’ in Afghanistan7. Strongman provincial governance8. Afghanistan’s political parties: a tale of incomplete reform and transformationPart III: Social change9. Afghan youth and ‘soft radicalisation’: emerging social forces10. Challenges to sustainable livelihoods and socio-economic development in a post-ISAF environment11. Internal displacement in afghanistan: the tip of the icebergPart IV: Afghanistan and the world12. Mapping the future of US–Pakistan relations vis-à-vis Afghanistan post-withdrawal13. Prospects for Iran and Afghan Relations14. Afghanistan and the regional insecurity contagion15. Neutrality and its place in Afghanistan’s foreign policy