American State-Building in Afghanistan and Its Regional Consequences: Achieving Democratic Stability and Balancing China's Influence [Paperback]

The book calls for rethinking U.S. policy toward promoting Afghanistan as a regional economic hub in Southwest and Central Asia as it fits within the broader national security interest of the regional states. It argues for defining Afghanistan within the U.S. national security interests in Southwest and Central Asia, including Iran, and offers critical strategic tools for Washington to support political openness and reforms that can balance China and Russia, as well as more effectively manage Irans regional behavior. It links the U.S. policy approach in Southwest and Central Asia as the missing leg of Washingtons East Asia policy. The book defines the strategic interests of each of Afghanistans neighboring states and key regional actors to explain why a rethinking of the U.S. role in Afghanistan can assist the emergence of a new regional order in Southwest and Central Asia, which in turn can embolden a free market economy and a growing political openness superior to authoritarianism and Islamist militancy.Neamat Nojumi is affiliated with Boston University and worked with number of accredited institutions, including George Mason University, Tufts University, and Harvard University. He also worked as a senior advisor for and with the U.S. government and NATO as well as for non-governmental organizations including the United Nations, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Dr. Nojumi has produced an expansive vision of economic success for Afghanistan embedded in regional cooperation along with the political and policy changes necessary to achieve the vision. Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann, (ret.) president, American Academy of Diplomacy

Nojumi provides a remarkable account of U.S. state-building efforts in Afghanistan. Building on longstanding observations of U.S. politics Nojumis book is based on key insights in the U.S.Afghanistan strategies of the last decades. Against this background the booklc