| War Lords as Bureaucrats: The Afghan Experience
Mukhopadhyay, Dipali
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 2009, online edition, 32p
"Afghanistan’s weak central government and limited resources make the informal networks employed by local warlords a viable option for governance. The country’s former warlords, made powerful governors by President Hamid Karzai, use both formal and informal powers to achieve security objectives and deliver development in their provinces."
Dipali Mukhopadhyay is a Ph.D. student in the area of security studies at The Fletcher School.
Go to the essay at:
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/warlords_as_bureaucrats.pdf
A25/05-09. Posted December 4, 2009
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