Authors: Barnett R. Rubin - Barnett R. Rubin is Director of Studies and a Senior Fellow at New York University's Center on International Cooperation and the author of The Fragmentation of Afghanistan (2nd ed., 2002). He served as an adviser to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General at the UN Talks on Afghanistan in Bonn in 2001.;  Amin Saikal - Amin Saikal is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University, and author of Modern Afghanistan: A History of Struggle and Survival (2006) and The Rise and Fall of the Shah: Iran from Autocracy to Religious Rule (2009).; Julian Lindley-French - Julian Lindley-French is Professor of Military Operational Science at the Netherlands Defence Academy and Senior Associate Fellow at the United Kingdom Defence Academy. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of any institution.

DOI: 10.1080/00396330902749707

Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year

Published in: Survival, Volume 51, Issue 1 February 2009 , pages 83 - 96

Subjects: Security Studies - Military & Strategic; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Strategic Studies;

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