Building state and security in Afghanistan / edited by Wolfgang Danspeckgruber with Robert P. Finn.

“With contributions by President Hamid Karzai and Prince Hans Adam ll. of Liechtenstein”—cover page.

Includes bibliography (p. [273]-289).

Contents: Foreword : Afghanistan as a land bridge country

Hamid Karzai (p. xiv-xvi)—Preface : Can Afghanistan become the Switzerland of Asia?

Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein (p. [xvii]-xx)—Introduction

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber and Robert P. Finn ([xxi]-xxviii)—Part I State-building: Building state and security

William Maley ([3]-18)—2. Security in Afghanistan : a historical perspective

Marvin G. Weinbaum ([19]-35)—3. Constitutional engineering and democratic stability : the debate surrounding the crafting of political institutions in Afghanistan

Andrew Reynolds ([36]-55)—4. A third branch? : (re)establishing the judicial system in Afghanistan

J. Alexander Thier ([56]-71—Part II Centralization versus decentralization. 5 Centralization versus decentralization : the importance of sequencing and timing

Rani D. Mullen ([75]-84)—6. State-building and the subnational level in Afghanistan : a missed opportunity

Andrew Wilder and Sarah Lister ([85]-101)—7. Civil society and state-building in Afghanistan

Susanne Schmeidl ([102]-127)—8. The Afghan economy

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber and Robert P. Finn ([128]-146)—9. The failure to bridge the security gap : the PRT plan 2002-2004

Barbara J. Stapleton ([147]-166)—10. Keeping the peace without the peacekeepers

Eckart Schiewek ([167]-211)—Part III The international perspective. 11. The Afghanistan-Pakistan border and Afghanistan’s long term stability

Amin Saikal ([215]-226)—12. Islam and the transformative power of tradition

Anna Seleny ([227]-240)—Epilogue

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber ([241]-247)—Appendix I : Timeline of key events ([248]-266)—Appendix 2 UN security council resolutions related to Afghanistan ([267]-272).