Afganistan – "testul cu turnesol al NATO"?
Afghanistan: "a litmus test of NATO"?
Author(s): Liviu TatuSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: nation-building; coalition of willing; Enduring Freedom; PRTs-Pronvincional Reconstructing Teams; ISAF-International Security Assistance Force; network security
Summary/Abstract: This article provides an assessment of the first NATO's „out of area” mission. It also highlights the huge challenges that NATO should face in Afghanistan: building functional state capacities, reconstructing a primitive infrastructure, providing basic security services to Afghans, managing a growing Taliban insurgency. This mission is a crucial test for an alliance that should redisgn itself in order to remain relevant in a 21st century security environmen
Journal: Sfera Politicii
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 129-130
- Page Range: 94-101
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Romanian