William Maley is Emeritus Professor of Diplomacy at The Australian National University and author of Transition in Afghanistan: Hope, Despair and the Limits of Statebuilding (2018).Ali Yawar Adili is a non-resident Fellow at New York University’s Centre on International Cooperation. He holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York.Paul Lushenko is a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University and Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army War College.

• Foreword 1. Afghanistan and International Relations: An Introduction Part I: Foundations2. Afghanistan and the Legitimacy of Global Order 3. Exiting Afghanistan: Presidential Narratives, US Exceptionalism, and ‘Othering’ Afghans Part II: Frameworks4. Afghanistan and Diplomacy with the Taliban: From Engagement to Recognition 5. Afghanistan and International Law Part III: Conflict6. Afghanistan and the Transformation of War 7. The US and Afghanistan’s Warlords: A Fraught Partnership with Lasting Consequences Part IV: Transnational linkages8. Afghanistan and Global Gender Politics 9. Afghanistan: How the Virtual Bazaar Undermined the Democratisation Process Part V: Statebuilding10. Statebuilding in Afghanistan: A State-Society Relational Approach 11. Afghanistan and Democratisation Part VI: Past and future12. Afghanistan, Refugees and Forced Migration 13. Afghanistan, Social Imaginaries, and Globalisation 14. Afghanistan and the Lessons of History

William Maley is Emeritus Professor of Diplomacy at The Australian National University and author of Transition in Afghanistan: Hope, Despair and the Limits of Statebuilding (2018).Ali Yawar Adili is a non-resident Fellow at New York University’s Centre on International Cooperation. He holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York.Paul Lushenko is a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University and Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army War College.

• Foreword 1. Afghanistan and International Relations: An Introduction Part I: Foundations2. Afghanistan and the Legitimacy of Global Order 3. Exiting Afghanistan: Presidential Narratives, US Exceptionalism, and ‘Othering’ Afghans Part II: Frameworks4. Afghanistan and Diplomacy with the Taliban: From Engagement to Recognition 5. Afghanistan and International Law Part III: Conflict6. Afghanistan and the Transformation of War 7. The US and Afghanistan’s Warlords: A Fraught Partnership with Lasting Consequences Part IV: Transnational linkages8. Afghanistan and Global Gender Politics 9. Afghanistan: How the Virtual Bazaar Undermined the Democratisation Process Part V: Statebuilding10. Statebuilding in Afghanistan: A State-Society Relational Approach 11. Afghanistan and Democratisation Part VI: Past and future12. Afghanistan, Refugees and Forced Migration 13. Afghanistan, Social Imaginaries, and Globalisation 14. Afghanistan and the Lessons of History

William Maley is Emeritus Professor of Diplomacy at The Australian National University and author of Transition in Afghanistan: Hope, Despair and the Limits of Statebuilding (2018).Ali Yawar Adili is a non-resident Fellow at New York University’s Centre on International Cooperation. He holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York.Paul Lushenko is a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University and Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army War College.

• Foreword 1. Afghanistan and International Relations: An Introduction Part I: Foundations2. Afghanistan and the Legitimacy of Global Order 3. Exiting Afghanistan: Presidential Narratives, US Exceptionalism, and ‘Othering’ Afghans Part II: Frameworks4. Afghanistan and Diplomacy with the Taliban: From Engagement to Recognition 5. Afghanistan and International Law Part III: Conflict6. Afghanistan and the Transformation of War 7. The US and Afghanistan’s Warlords: A Fraught Partnership with Lasting Consequences Part IV: Transnational linkages8. Afghanistan and Global Gender Politics 9. Afghanistan: How the Virtual Bazaar Undermined the Democratisation Process Part V: Statebuilding10. Statebuilding in Afghanistan: A State-Society Relational Approach 11. Afghanistan and Democratisation Part VI: Past and future12. Afghanistan, Refugees and Forced Migration 13. Afghanistan, Social Imaginaries, and Globalisation 14. Afghanistan and the Lessons of History