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Analysis

A Job Half Done: SSR and the Afghan Transition

18 June 2014


Abstract

With the complete withdrawal of the American troops from Afghanistan in 2016, as announced by President Obama in late May 2014, Kabul will face a sensitive and dangerous period of its transition.  Focusing on the state of the security sector reform (SSR) process in early 2014 and during the previous 1-2 years, this policy brief argues  that international forces, even if less influential, still act as a crucial buffer between armed parties competing for political power. For this reason, the author warns that the institution of a rigid and short-term withdrawal plan resulting in zero NATO troops by 2016 could imperil the transition. 

Mark Sedra, is the President and co-founder of the Security Governance Group (SGG), and the Executive Director and co-founder of the Centre for Security Governance (CSG). He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo and Balsillie School of International Affairs.

 

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