This UI Brief reviews the lessons learned from 20 years of providing aid to Afghanistan. It argues that donors must […]
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Tag: Afghanistan
“Afghanistan, AUKUS and European Strategic Autonomy”, Pol Morillas (CIDOB, Spain)
Security and defence are increasingly grabbing the spotlight in European public debates. In just a few weeks, the withdrawal of […]
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“Taliban dilemmas”, Juan Garrigues (CIDOB, Spain)
The Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan in recent weeks is partly the result of a strategy based on conceding significant […]
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“Afghanistan and the rise of the Islamic Emirate: A tragic inevitability”, Olli Ruohomäki (FIIA, Finland)
It is time to come to terms with the inevitable fact that the Taliban is here to stay for the […]
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“20 years on from 9/11: War impossible, peace improbable”, Moussa Bourekba, Ana Ballesteros, Pol Bargués, Carme Colomina and Eduard Soler i Lecha (CIDOB, Spain)
First Afghanistan, then Iraq. Two decades on from the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 (9/11), the president of the […]
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“The root cause of ‘Western’ failure in Afghanistan”, Seán Golden (CIDOB, Spain)
A better understanding of tribal cultures and strategic theories based on them might have prevented errors in Afghanistan and better […]
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“Afghan refugees: Europe should develop an ambitious and collaborative structure”, Bernard Siman (Egmont, Belgium)
The TV news and press coverage of the mayhem in Kabul and around its airport mask the greater scrum by […]
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“From Afghanistan to China: the pathology of victory”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
On September 11 this year the longest war ever waged by the US will come to an end, in a […]
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“Goals and Shortcomings of Italy’s Peace Operations”, Vincenzo Camporini (IAI, Italy)
Vincenzo Camporini, Goals and Shortcomings of Italy’s Peace Operations, IAI Commentaries, 19:11, IAI, February 2019 A substantial number of Italy’s […]
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European Parliament Workshop on “Afghanistan: Challenges and Perspectives until 2020”, contributions by Giulia Bonacquisti, Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Arne Strand and Victor Tanzarella
TEPSA coordinated the participation of two academic experts, Mona Kanwal Sheikh (Danish Institute for International Studies) and Arne Strand (Chr. Michelsen Institute), […]
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