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Afghanistan and International Relations book cover

1st Edition

Afghanistan and International Relations

Edited By William Maley, Ali Yawar Adili, Paul Lushenko Copyright 2026
314 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

314 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores various dimensions of recent international relations scholarship, taking the case of Afghanistan as a point of departure for discussion of these different themes. Contributors investigate a broad range of topics, including international relations theory, the nature of global order, ‘othering’ discourses, diplomacy, international law, the transformation of war, terrorism,... Read more

Foreword – General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., USMC (ret.)

1. Afghanistan and International Relations: An Introduction – William Maley, Ali Yawar Adili, and Paul Lushenko

Part I: Foundations

2.  Afghanistan and the Legitimacy of Global Order – Paul Lushenko

3.  Exiting Afghanistan: Presidential Narratives, US Exceptionalism, and ‘Othering’ Afghans – Srinjoy Bose and Patrick Nguyen

Part II: Frameworks

4.  Afghanistan and Diplomacy with the Taliban: From Engagement to Recognition – Ahmad Shuja Jamal

5.  Afghanistan and International Law – Kobra Moradi

Part III: Conflict

6.  Afghanistan and the Transformation of War – Abbas Farasoo

7.  The US and Afghanistan’s Warlords: A Fraught Partnership with Lasting Consequences – Timor Sharan

Part IV: Transnational linkages

8.  Afghanistan and Global Gender Politics – Farkhondeh Akbari

9.  Afghanistan: How the Virtual Bazaar Undermined the Democratisation Process – Jawed Nader

Part V: Statebuilding

10.  Statebuilding in Afghanistan: A State-Society Relational Approach – Nematullah Bizhan and Srinjoy Bose

11.  Afghanistan and Democratisation – Ali Yawar Adili

Part VI: Past and future

12.  Afghanistan, Refugees and Forced Migration – William Maley

13.  Afghanistan, Social Imaginaries, and Globalisation – Niamatullah Ibrahimi

14. Afghanistan and the Lessons of History – Adam Findlay

Biography

William Maley is Emeritus Professor of Diplomacy at The Australian National University and author of Transition in Afghanistan: Hope, Despair and the Limits of Statebuilding (2018).

Ali Yawar Adili is a non-resident Fellow at New York University’s Centre on International Cooperation. He holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York.

Paul Lushenko is a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University and Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army War College.

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