TY - BOOK AU - editors Cheryl Benard AU - Ole KværnØ AU - Kristen Cordell AU - contributors Peter Viggo Jakobsen AU - Angel Rabasa AU - Pavel K. TI - Afghanistan : : state and society, great power politics, and the way ahead : findings from an international conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007 / T2 - (Conference proceedings) SN - 9780833044150 AV - Pamphlet DS371.4. A373 2008 PY - 2008///. CY - Santa Monica, CA : PB - RAND Corporation, KW - Nation-building KW - Afghanistan KW - Congresses. KW - Afghanistan KW - Politics and government KW - 2001- KW - Foreign relations N1 - "RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy"—cover page.; "CF-238-IMEY/CMEPP".; “© copyright 2008”—reverse of title page; Contents: U.S. interests and stakes in Afghanistan : in for the long haul or gone tomorrow? / Peter Viggo Jakobsen—Understanding Iranian strategy in Afghanistan / Michael Rubin—Afghanistan and the boomerang effect / Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen—Hokumat versus Yaghistan : the historical challenge of state-tribe conflict to state building in Afghanistan / Ali Alfoneh—The tribal structure of Waziristan : implications for counter-terrorism policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Angel Rabasa—Sad wisdom of hindsight : Soviet intervention in Afghanistan (1979-1989) / Pavel K. Baev—The next Afghanistan / Cheryl Benard—Are we learning? : military engagement : the Taliban, past, and present / Samina Ahmed—The next Afghanistan / Cheryl Benard—Afghanistan’s prospects for nation building / Ali Jalali—How to create a success for the Afghan national security forces / Peter Dahl Thruelsen—Afghanistan at the cross roads / Obaid Younossi and Khalid Nadiri. ER -