1st Edition
Neutrality and Vulnerable States An Analysis of Afghanistan’s Permanent Neutrality
Introduction
Chapter One: Definitions, Types and Evolution of the Concept and Practice of Neutrality
Chapter Two: A Framework for Analysis
Chapter Three: Prominent Cases of Permanent Neutrality— Switzerland, Austria and Laos
Chapter Four: Neutrality in Afghanistan’s Foreign Policy: Past and Future
Chapter Five: Analysis of the feasibility and desirability of Afghanistan’s permanent neutrality
Biography
Nasir A. Andisha is a diplomat and academic. His research interests include international relations, regional security, politics, and governance in South and Central Asia. He received a doctoral degree in diplomatic studies from the Australian National University in 2015. Andisha was a Fulbright fellow at the Bush School of Government in Texas A&M University (2007–2009), a fellow at the Marshall Centre for European Studies in Garmisch, Germany and the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies in Hawaii, USA, and attended the Executive Education Program for Leaders from South Asia at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2012. He worked with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) as a field officer (1998–2001) and taught international relations at the Institute of Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and Al-Beroni University in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan.
