The Failure of a Pseudo-Democratic State in Afghanistan

Francisco Berenguer López holds a PhD in International Security from the National University of Distance Education (UNED) (Spain). He holds diplomas in International Crisis Management and Advanced Studies in International Security, both from UNED, and a General Staff diploma from the Spanish Army. He was Chief of Lessons and Key Leaders Training at the ISAF General Command in Kabul and served as Defense Attaché for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Juan Ignacio Castien Maestro is Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology and Social Psychology at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). His research focuses on sociological theory, international migration, national identity, and social change in Islamic societies.

Chapter 1. Problems of nation-building in Afghanistan. Before and after the last Taliban's takeover
Chapter 2. Waves of Institutionalization in Afghanistan. From the 20th century to the present days
Chapter 3. History of political movements, political parties and organizations in Afghanistan
Chapter 4. The Role of Civil Society in the construction of an Afghan Democracy
Chapter 5. International intervention in Afghanistan: Too many strategies and lack of courage for a real democracy
Chapter 6. NATO's Rise as a Global Security & Peace Actor
Chapter 7. The Reform of the Afghan National Army: From the Light Footprint Approach to the ANA-Territorial Force
Chapter 8. Opium as a source of insecurity in Afghanistan
Chapter 9. The Afghanistan 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a missed opportunity
Chapter 10. The capacity of Afghanistan Economy, Agriculture Sector and Essential Future Contrivances
Chapter 11. Benefits of Inter-Regional Cooperation and Regional Development
Chapter 12. The Role of Afghanistan in Central Asia
Chapter 13. Analysis Of Afghanistan´s Health Status and Strategies for the Future
Chapter 14. Situation of Afghan Women at the end of International Intervention
Chapter 15. Women and Social Participation: Challenges, Outcomes and Lost Opportunities
Chapter 16. The Afghan War and its Expectations of Peace
Chapter 17. The Role of Afghanistan in the Relationship between India and Iran along the last two decades
Chapter 18. Iran and Afghanistan
Chapter 19. Iran's Involvement in Afghanistan from 2001 onwards
Chapter 20. China and Afghanistan relations: Between suspicion and pragmatism
Chapter 21. The inextricable and long braid of the Durand Line

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