Bestselling author Francis Fukuyama brings together esteemed academics, political
analysts, and practitioners to reflect on the US experience with nation-building, from its …

The governance of post-conflict territories embodies a central contradiction: how does one
help a population prepare for democratic governance and the rule of law by imposing a form …

* Uses Afghanistan as a case-study that can be applied internationally* Contributors have
direct political and human rights experience in the field The prevailing wisdom about post …

In October 2001, the Bush administration sent Amb. James F. Dobbins, who had overseen
nation-building efforts in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, to war-torn Afghanistan to help …

Since the end of the Cold War, more than 20 major peace operations have been deployed to
countries emerging from internal conflicts. This book argues that international efforts to …

A United Nations University Press and the University of Alberta Press publication As the
world turns its attention to the reconstruction of Afghanistan and Iraq, the issue of postconflict …

" We meet here during a crucial period in the history of our nation, and of the civilized world.
Part of that history was written by others; the rest will be written by us... Rebuilding Iraq will …

Iraq is the sixth major nation-building mission the United States has led over the past
decade. If there is a single lesson to be learned from the opening months of this operation, it …

In the aftermath of civil wars, international actors often worry about the incoherence,
tribalism, and division of war-torn nation-states like Afghanistan. However, the problems …

The Western-led efforts to establish a new post-Taliban order in Afghanistan are in serious
trouble, and in this book Suhrke sets out to explain why. She begins with the dynamic of the …