Afghanistan in the balance : counterinsurgency, comprehensive approach, and political order / edited by Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Sven Bernhard Gareis, and Charles Pentland.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: US/NATO counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: evaluating concepts and practices / Hans-Georg Ehrhart and Roland Kaestner -- With enough nails: Canadian COIN in Kandahar / Richard Roy -- The German approach to counterinsurgency: concepts and practice / Philipp Münch -- Peace-building and COIN in Afghanistan: The view of NGOs--What is really needed? Citha D. Maass -- Nongovernmental aid organizations as force-multipliers? Limits of civil-military co-operation in Afghanistan / Robert Linder -- Why orthodox forms of security sector reform assistance are bound to fail in Afghanistan and other conflict-affected states / Mark Sedra -- EU contributions to security sector reform in Afghanistan: toward a comprehensive approach / Eva Gross -- Conclusive concept or catchword? On the pretence and practice of Germany’s Networked Security in Afghanistan / Sven Bernhard Gareis -- The challenges of Afghan development through trade / Julian Schofield ... [et al.] -- Regional power play: Pakistan’s foreign policy between India and Afghanistan / Christian Wagner -- Mind the neighbors! Central Asian interests and visions of Afghanistan / Diana Digol -- The graveyard of the liberal moment? Afghanistan and the future of liberal order-building / Tobias Bunde ... [et al.].