Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Afghan National Army, World Trade Organization, Democratic Peace Theory
13 Dec 2016
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Counter-terrorism and security sector reform in afghanistan: challenges, policy, and. Human capacity - challenge when people are illiterate. Shift in focus from al-qaeda to taliban security. Sector reform - ssr: security apparatus not strong enough to monopolize violence, liberal institutionalist thing. Manifestation of democratic peace theory - dyadic hypothesis: security apparatus and bureaucratic reform, focus on accountability, winning hearts and minds. Five pillars of ssr: military reform. Problems: people wanted to fight more for money than for the cause of a failed state - this leads to a weak army. So conscription was introduced: police reform. Mass impeachment of minister interior: counter-narcotics. Minister of counter-narcotics corrupt position: judicial reform, ddr. Challenges of ssr: ana afghan national army, anp police, counter-narcotics police, judicial reform initiative. Tyranny and fear dictated judicial outcomes warlords in parliament. The gulf between policy and practice: coordination. Between police, army, and state - non-existent legitimacy of the state though institutions people trust: strategic vision.
