From stalemate to settlement : lessons for Afghanistan from historical insurgencies that have been resolved through negotiation

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From stalemate to settlement : lessons for Afghanistan from historical insurgencies that have been resolved through negotiation

Title remainder

lessons for Afghanistan from historical insurgencies that have been resolved through negotiation

Statement of responsibility

Colin P. Clarke, Christopher Paul ; prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Language

eng

Summary

"In June 2013, the Afghan Taliban opened a political office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the U.S. and Afghan governments. Negotiations between the United States and the group that sheltered al-Qaeda would have been unthinkable 12 years ago, but the reality is that a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan is one of several possible end games under the current U.S. withdrawal plan. Negotiating an end to an insurgency can be a long and arduous process beset by false starts and continued violence, but a comprehensive review of historical cases that ended in settlement shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that can be generalized into a "master narrative." This research examines 13 historical cases of insurgencies that were resolved through negotiated settlement in which neither side (insurgents or counterinsurgents) unambiguously prevailed. Taken together, these cases reveal that the path to negotiated settlement generally proceeds in seven steps in a common sequence. Although this resulting master narrative does not necessarily conform precisely to every conflict brought to resolution through negotiation, it can serve as an important tool to guide the progress of a similar approach to resolving the conflict in Afghanistan as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw."--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

341.5/2

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

JZ6045

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

Series statement

RAND Corporation research report series

Series volume

RR469

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