“Afghanistan: Transition Under Threat”

Book Launch with Mark Sedra
University of Ottawa, 550 Cumberland St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
Thursday, November 27, 2008 (All day)

In Afghanistan: Transition under Threat, leading Afghanistan scholars and practitioners paint a fuller picture of the situation in Afghanistan and the impact of international and particular Canadian assistance. They review the achievements of the reconstruction process and outline future challenges, focusing on key issues like the narcotics trade, the Pakistan-Afghanistan bilateral relationship, the Taliban-led insurgency, and continuing endemic poverty.

Speakers

Mark Sedra, CIGI Senior Fellow and Program Leader

Mark Sedra is a Senior Fellow at CIGI and the Leader of CIGI’s Global and Human Security Program. He also teaches in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. His current research focuses on the topic of post-conflict state building with an emphasis on security issues.
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