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TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 117: Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Conflict in Afghanistan
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by Douglas Lovelace, Kristen Boon, Aziz Huq
Douglas Lovelace
TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 117: Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Conflict in Afghanistan
532
by Douglas Lovelace, Kristen Boon, Aziz Huq
Douglas Lovelace
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Volume 117 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Conflict in Afghanistan, includes recent documents relating to the conflict in Afghanistan against the Taliban and its foreign allies. The volume addresses components of the new approach of integrating political and military strategies to improve Western approaches in the region.
The first section of the volume includes documents generated by the North American Treaty Organization. These documents focus on the concept of counter-insurgency as a new approach to war-making. The second section focuses on documents issued by the United Nations: those describing the political side of the military conflict, the human rights situation, and the socio-economic dimension of international efforts. The third section portrays the European Union's role in Afghanistan. The final section includes an overview of recent political and military developments. This collection of documents provides a comprehensive documentary overview of strategies in Afghanistan as of early 2010.
The first section of the volume includes documents generated by the North American Treaty Organization. These documents focus on the concept of counter-insurgency as a new approach to war-making. The second section focuses on documents issued by the United Nations: those describing the political side of the military conflict, the human rights situation, and the socio-economic dimension of international efforts. The third section portrays the European Union's role in Afghanistan. The final section includes an overview of recent political and military developments. This collection of documents provides a comprehensive documentary overview of strategies in Afghanistan as of early 2010.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780199758258 |
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Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Publication date: | 04/21/2011 |
Series: | Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents |
Pages: | 532 |
Product dimensions: | 10.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 1.13(d) |
About the Author
Douglas Lovelace is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a JD from Widener School of Law.
Kristen E. Boon is Director of International Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her writings have appeared in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the New York University Journal of International Law. A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada's Justice Ian Binnie, she holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Aziz Huq teaches at the University of Chicago Law School and was recently Director of the Liberty and National Security Project at NYU Law School's Brennan Center. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and served as Senior Consultant Analyst for the International Crisis Group.
Kristen E. Boon is Director of International Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her writings have appeared in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the New York University Journal of International Law. A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada's Justice Ian Binnie, she holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Aziz Huq teaches at the University of Chicago Law School and was recently Director of the Liberty and National Security Project at NYU Law School's Brennan Center. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and served as Senior Consultant Analyst for the International Crisis Group.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTIONA. THE NATO PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN
Commentary by Aziz Z. Huq
DOCUMENT NO. 1: The Afghanistan Compact
DOCUMENT NO. 2: NATO Strategic Vision for Afghanistan
DOCUMENT NO. 3: NATO Afghan First Policy, April, 2010
DOCUMENT NO. 4: "2010: Afghan Sovereignty and International Partnerships" Speech by Ambassador Mark Sedwill, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, May 12, 2010
DOCUMENT NO. 5: ISAF Commander's Counterinsurgency Guidance
DOCUMENT NO. 6: ISAF Tactical Directive, June 2009
DOCUMENT NO. 7: Congressional Research Service, Steve Bowman and Catherine Dale, War in Afghanistan: Strategy, Military Operations, and Issues for Congress, pages 1-69
DOCUMENT NO. 8: Al Maqaleh v. Gates, F. 3d - (D.C. Cir. May 21, 2010)
B. THE UNITED NATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
Commentary by Aziz Z. Huq
DOCUMENT NO. 9: Reports of the U.N. Secretary General: The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, March 10 2010
DOCUMENT NO. 10: Briefing by Undersecretary-General Alain Le Roy to U.N. Security Council, March 18, 2010
DOCUMENT NO. 11: UNAMA, Afghanistan Annual Report on the Protection of Civilians from Armed Conflict (2009), pages 1-36
DOCUMENT NO. 12: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and on the achievements of technical assistance in the field of human rights
DOCUMENT NO. 13: Mission Report by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict on visit to Afghanistan (February 2010), pages 3-15
DOCUMENT NO. 14: The United Nations Development Program Country Program Document for Afghanistan (2010-13), pages 1-8
DOCUMENT NO. 15: UN Police Perceptions Survey 2009, pages 3-33
C. THE EUROPEAN UNION IN AFGHANISTAN
Commentary by Aziz Z. Huq
DOCUMENT NO. 16: EU-Afghanistan Joint Declaration, November 2005
DOCUMENT NO. 17: European Commission: Council Strategy Paper Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 2007
DOCUMENT NO. 18: Council of the European Union: Conclusions on Afghanistan
D. APPENDIX
DOCUMENT NO. 19: Congressional Research Service, Kenneth Katzman, Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, pages 1-88
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