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Challenges and opportunities for the Obama administration in Afghanistan

Human history counts several thousand serious armed conflicts and the myriad of those that, according to generally accepted criteria - that there is an armed conflict with at least 1000 casualties in 1 year - are not included in this number. The Briand-Kellogg Pact was signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by several nation states, making history as the first international treaty in which participating states condemned war as a means of resolving international disputes and as a tool of state policy.
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Challenges and opportunities for the Obama administration in Afghanistan: 1. Foreign policy

1. Foreign Policy A comparison of the foreign policy of the United States in Afghanistan and the region of Central and South Asia under the presidency of George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama. The following explanation presents the main goals of their foreign policies, priorities, resources used, the number of military contingents, cooperation with other states within international organizations and agreements, the main enemies and allies, media reflections on the conflict, etc.
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Challenges and opportunities for the Obama administration in Afghanistan: 2. Analysis of history

2. An analysis of the history of Afghanistan and the search for the causes of today's problems A country that has more mountains than people, a country called "the place where empires die ". A country where one superpower has sunk in the sands and the other sees no prospects. A country of civil war, continuing for more than 30 years. This is Afghanistan, a place where mistakes are repeated.
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Challenges and opportunities for the Obama administration in Afghanistan: 4. Ways of possible development

4. Ways of possible development of Afghanistan The war in Afghanistan has been going on for 10 years, last year over a thousand civilians died as a result of insurgent attacks. [260] The Taliban has recently been betting on an asymmetric war in the form of terrorism ( more and more suicide bombings ). Recent analyst reports and ratings do not sound good at all. UN Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan R. Watkins said security in Afghanistan was at its worst since the fall of the Taliban, with UN staff barely able to enter 40% of the country, including Kandahar and the south-eastern regions.
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Challenges and opportunities for the Obama administration in Afghanistan: An Introduction

Introduction Human history counts several thousand serious armed conflicts and the myriad of those that, according to generally accepted criteria - that there is an armed conflict with at least 1000 casualties in 1 year - are not included in this number. The Briand-Kellogg Pact was signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by several nation states, making history as the first international treaty in which participating states condemned war as a means of resolving international disputes and as a tool of state policy.
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Challenges and opportunities for the Obama administration in Afghanistan: Conclusion

Conclusion Today, we must deal with conflicts that cannot be resolved either quickly or painlessly. Like the conflicts in the North Caucasus, Africa, Israel, Yugoslavia and many other places, the situation in Afghanistan is more than complicated. If we can abstract from the populist statements made by the United States or the Afghan government, we may see that the problem is being solved, but at an insufficient pace.
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