William Maley is Professor of Diplomacy, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, The Australian National University

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• TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsMap1. Introduction2. The unravelling of AfghanistanStatebuilding and reconstruction3. Statebuilding: challenges and pathologies4. Political development: mass, elite and institutional dimensions5. Reconstruction: a critical assessmentDemocracy and elections6. Democracy and legitimation: challenges in the reconstitution of political processes7. Afghan elections: from the sublime to the ridiculous?Law and Human Rights8. The rule of law and the weight of politics: challenges and trajectories9. Human rights in AfghanistanWar10. Surviving in a war zone: the problem of civilian casualties11. Pakistan-Afghanistan relations12. US-Afghanistan relations13. Talking to the TalibanConclusion14. Alternative futures for AfghanistanIndex

William Maley is Professor of Diplomacy, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, The Australian National University

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• TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsMap1. Introduction2. The unravelling of AfghanistanStatebuilding and reconstruction3. Statebuilding: challenges and pathologies4. Political development: mass, elite and institutional dimensions5. Reconstruction: a critical assessmentDemocracy and elections6. Democracy and legitimation: challenges in the reconstitution of political processes7. Afghan elections: from the sublime to the ridiculous?Law and Human Rights8. The rule of law and the weight of politics: challenges and trajectories9. Human rights in AfghanistanWar10. Surviving in a war zone: the problem of civilian casualties11. Pakistan-Afghanistan relations12. US-Afghanistan relations13. Talking to the TalibanConclusion14. Alternative futures for AfghanistanIndex

William Maley is Professor of Diplomacy, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, The Australian National University

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• TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsMap1. Introduction2. The unravelling of AfghanistanStatebuilding and reconstruction3. Statebuilding: challenges and pathologies4. Political development: mass, elite and institutional dimensions5. Reconstruction: a critical assessmentDemocracy and elections6. Democracy and legitimation: challenges in the reconstitution of political processes7. Afghan elections: from the sublime to the ridiculous?Law and Human Rights8. The rule of law and the weight of politics: challenges and trajectories9. Human rights in AfghanistanWar10. Surviving in a war zone: the problem of civilian casualties11. Pakistan-Afghanistan relations12. US-Afghanistan relations13. Talking to the TalibanConclusion14. Alternative futures for AfghanistanIndex