TY - JOUR
T1 - Afghanistan's transition
T2 - ISAF's stabilisation role?
AU - Saikal, Amin
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) deployed in Afghanistan has played a critical role in that country's transition. Without its security and peace-stabilising contributions, the government of President Hamid Karzai and its international supporters would, arguably, not have been able to move Afghanistan on a path of stabilisation and reconstruction. Yet the isaf has also suffered from certain shortcomings, arising mainly from policy differences and tensions between the USA and some of its nato allies. Even so, the isaf model is worth studying closely for future international deployments in other conflict zones.
AB - The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) deployed in Afghanistan has played a critical role in that country's transition. Without its security and peace-stabilising contributions, the government of President Hamid Karzai and its international supporters would, arguably, not have been able to move Afghanistan on a path of stabilisation and reconstruction. Yet the isaf has also suffered from certain shortcomings, arising mainly from policy differences and tensions between the USA and some of its nato allies. Even so, the isaf model is worth studying closely for future international deployments in other conflict zones.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33645579202&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01436590600587812
DO - 10.1080/01436590600587812
M3 - Article
SN - 0143-6597
VL - 27
SP - 525
EP - 534
JO - Third World Quarterly
JF - Third World Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -