The research evaluates the progress towards security and stabilization in Afghanistan as the country transitions … Security Complex theory from the field of International Relations. The diffusion of insecurity to and from Afghanistan to …

The wars in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF) and Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF) have engendered a …

The encounter with insurgency violence in Iraq and Afghanistan has pressed the US Department of Defense to improve the … Afghanistan, in which the US mili-tary is carrying out holistic civil governance reform projects. Whether such work will become a …

Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the … Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from January 2007 to December 2010. We find that drone strikes do not have any … significant impact on terrorist violence in Afghanistan but that drone strikes do have a significant impact on Taliban …