No. 109: Afghanistan: Withdrawal and a Regional Solution?

Author(s): Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov
Editor(s): Daniel Trachsler
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 109
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

The US and NATO have begun a phased withdrawal from Afghanistan as a result of shifts within three distinct contexts: the operational context on the ground in Afghanistan; the domestic political contexts of ISAF participant states; and NATO internal debates. Alongside withdrawal, Western policy circles are increasingly emphasizing a regional solution to Afghan security. However, this rhetoric appears to be less of an active policy-choice and more of a strategy by default that neglects complex regional dynamics.

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