Failure of a Pseudo-Democratic State in Afghanistan

Francisco Berenguer López holds a PhD in International Security from the National University of Distance Education (UNED) (Spain). He holds diplomas in International Crisis Management and Advanced Studies in International Security, both from UNED, and a General Staff diploma from the Spanish Army. He was Chief of Lessons and Key Leaders Training at the ISAF General Command in Kabul and served as Defense Attaché for Afghanistan and Pakistan.  Juan Ignacio Castien Maestro is Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology and Social Psychology at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). His research focuses on sociological theory, international migration, national identity, and social change in Islamic societies.

• Chapter 1. Problems of nation-building in Afghanistan. Before and after the last Taliban’s takeover.- Chapter 2. Waves of Institutionalization in Afghanistan. From the 20th century to the present days.- Chapter 3. History of political movements, political parties and organizations in Afghanistan.- Chapter 4. The Role of Civil Society in the construction of an Afghan Democracy.- Chapter 5. International intervention in Afghanistan: Too many strategies and lack of courage for a real democracy.- Chapter 6. NATO’s Rise as a Global Security & Peace Actor.- Chapter 7. The Reform of the Afghan National Army: From the Light Footprint Approach to the ANA-Territorial Force.- Chapter 8. Opium as a source of insecurity in Afghanistan.- Chapter 9. The Afghanistan 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a missed opportunity.- Chapter 10. The capacity of Afghanistan Economy, Agriculture Sector and Essential Future Contrivances.- Chapter 11. Benefits of Inter-Regional Cooperation and Regional Development.- Chapter 12. The Role of Afghanistan in Central Asia.- Chapter 13. Analysis Of Afghanistan´s Health Status and Strategies for the Future.- Chapter 14. Situation of Afghan Women at the end of International Intervention.- Chapter 15. Women and Social Participation: Challenges, Outcomes and Lost Opportunities.- Chapter 16. The Afghan War and its Expectations of Peace.- Chapter 17. The Role of Afghanistan in the Relationship between India and Iran along the last two decades.- Chapter 18. Iran and Afghanistan.- Chapter 19. Iran’s Involvement in Afghanistan from 2001 onwards.- Chapter 20. China and Afghanistan relations: Between suspicion and pragmatism.- Chapter 21. The inextricable and long braid of the Durand Line.- CONCLUSIONS.