Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, The Gulf Between (1917 Film)

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2231E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Part 1: guest speaker & reform in afghanistan. Joint initiative between nato members and canada: creation of nds (afghan version of cia, human capacity. Institutional capacity building: how do you deal with the conflict when 91% of the country is poverties and uneducated, took the best % of people and trained them. Shift of focus: focus was defeating al-qaida in the beginning, but then the taliban became the focus. Security sector reform: rooted in dyadic hypothesis, manifestation of democratic peace theory, states start building transparent and accountable security apparatuses. Security apparatus and bureaucratic reform: not strong enough to maintain concrete hold on territory, western idea, accountability in operations, winning hearts and minds, cant win wars through military force. Five pillars of security sector reform in afghanistan. Judicial reform: struggle (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) judi(cid:272)ial a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)e(cid:272)uti(cid:448)e (cid:271)ra(cid:374)(cid:272)hes (cid:449)ho gets upper ha(cid:374)d, think of balance of powers, ddr, disintegration and reintegration.