Dr. Isaac Kfir, a Schusterman Visiting Scholar at the Maxwell School of Citizenship/Institute for National Security and Counter-terrorism (INSCT), College of Law, Syracuse University, provides a look at the outlook of peace-building in Afghanistan.  He examines some of the key issues affecting Afghanistan and explores the reasons the international effort in Afghanistan has failed to deliver peace, security, and stability. 

His analysis covers:

• an overview of the UN approach to peace-building
• how Islamist terrorists no longer need Afghanistan
• Afghanistan's geography and history; it's ethnic composition as well as the legacy of the Afghan jihad; and the civil war
• current peace-building efforts and strategies in Afghanistan
• the role and incidents of corruption within the Afghan political system, as well as their leaders
• the impact of economic poverty and poor social conditions
• the misappropriation of international aid
• Pakistan's role in the development of the Afghan economy
  
• and, human rights

Read the full article [here].