A collection of scholarly essays that address the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and life in that religious state. Included are essays on the role the West played in supporting the Taliban in their opposition to the Russian invasion of 1980, Afghanistan's relations with its neighboring states, its prospects for the future, and the draconian ...
Russia's renewal since the collapse of Communism has proved extraordinarily disturbed, and was marked by escalating conflict between President Yeltsin and the Congress of People's Deputies inherited from the Soviet era. This culminated in insurrection and violence on the streets, and when the main rebels were given amnesty in February 1994, the ...
A whole generation has grown up in Afghanistan knowing little but the ravages of war. The dramatic overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001 was simply one event in a series of interrelated struggles which have blighted ordinary people's lives over the last three decades, and which continue to interfere with reconciliation and reconstruction. This ...
A collection of scholarly essays that address the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and life in that religious state. Included are essays on the role the West played in supporting the Taliban in their opposition to the Russian invasion of 1980, Afghanistan's relations with its neighboring states, its prospects for the future, and the draconian ...
Afghanistan is the forgotten theatre of operations in the 'War on Terrorism'. Rapidly eclipsed by the war in Iraq, it nonetheless remains a key element in the struggle over the future of Muslim political life. Religious moderates, religious extremists and nationalists of various kinds are striving to give effect to sharply differing visions of ...
This is an edited volume of theoretical and case study analyses by a range of academics and practitioners of the interface between the practice of diplomacy and global governance structures.It contains several case studies from a range of experts based around the globe which will facilitate its use as a text for upper level undergraduates and ...
Nearly ten years of bloodshed and political turmoil have followed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Soviet occupation not only proved a major trauma for the people of Afghanistan; invasion ended the growth in superpower dentents that had characterised the late 1970s; and in the Soviet Union the effects of escalating military costs and ...
Post-colonial theory is a relatively new area in critical contemporary studies, having its foundations more Postcolonial Criticism brings together some of the most important critical writings in the field, and aims to present a clear overview of, and introduction to, one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of contemporary literary ...
The 1990s saw the United Nations, the militaries of key member states and non-governmental organizations increasingly entangled in the complex affairs of disrupted states. Whether as deliverers of hunanitarian assistance or as agents of political, social and civic reconstruction, these actors have had to learn ways of interacting with each other ...
This monograph provides a detailed account of the collapse of the communist regime in Afghanistan and considers steps that can be taken to consolidate post-communist rule. After outlining the historical evolution of the Afghanistan problem, the authors trace the process by which the communist regime progressively unravelled and show why UN efforts ...
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