...Shahzad Akhtar The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan insurgency seriously challenged the Pakistani government’s writ of state in FATA from 2004 to 2008. However, by 2017, the insurgency collapsed. This paper argues that Pakistan’s counterinsurgency campaign after 2009 caused the decline of the Taliban...

... also raise questions about the sustainability of community-driven development in insecure contexts. © 2018 by The Regents of the University of California 2018 Afghanistan Wardak governance aid insurgency JASMINE BHATIA, NASEEM JAREER, AND ROSS MCINTOSH Community-Driven Development...

...; Taliban; insurgency THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN THE MOST significant country in the world to Afghanistan in this century, as the al-Qa ida attacks of September 11, 2001, spurred a U.S. intervention that has turned into America s longest war and continued Afghanistan s decades of war. The U.S. downgraded...

...Neil Englehart; Patrick Grant Critics claim that lack of professionalism among Afghan provincial leaders undermines the government’s legitimacy, creating opportunities for the insurgency. Data on provincial governors show that those most effective at deterring insurgent attacks tend to have...

..., and between the government and Southern insurgents. By year’s end, some normalcy had been achieved, although the future of Thaksin, reconciliation between the colors, and the violence in the South remained unresolved. © 2013 by The Regents of the University of California 2013 reconciliation military...

... to attract vital international developmental aid. KEYWORDS: Pakistan, Taliban, Osama bin Laden, insurgency, militants ANOTHER HARD YEAR FOR U.S . -PAKISTAN RELATIONS October 2011 marked the tenth anniversary of Pakistan s participation in the U.S.-led war on terror. But Pakistan s involvement...

... has been toward political consolidation, rather than ethnic reconciliation and a political solution to potential ethnic tensions in the country. © 2011 By the Regents of the University of California peace-building reconciliation regime stabilization Tamils insurgency Asian Survey, Vol...

... insurgency and associated opportunistic violence fuelling the instability. © 2010 By the Regents of the University of California Southern Thailand insurgency politics market for violence Thai government policy MARC ASKEW Insurgency and the Market for Violence in Southern Thailand Neither War...

.... assistance) Pakistan's growing Taliban-affiliated insurgency, and both federal and provincial economic policies. This article concludes that party-based competition will continue to shape Pakistan's evolving security and economic situation in 2010. © 2010 By the Regents of the University of California...

...Nasreen Ghufran This article examines the rise and contemporary dynamics of the Taliban insurgency in the NWFP and FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Area) regions of Pakistan. It argues that the Taliban insurgency is not necessarily a product or reflective of Pushtun ethnonationalism. Instead...

...Sanjib Baruah Insurgency-related violence continues in the northeast Indian state of Assam. Even though the fortunes of the United Liberation Front of Assam have declined significantly, a political settlement remains elusive. Unresolved tensions between regional patriotism and pan-Indianism explain...