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Are drone strikes effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the dynamics of violence between the United States and the Taliban
Jaeger, David A.; Siddique, Zahra - 2011
Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the … Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from January 2007 to December 2010. We find that drone strikes do not have any … significant impact on terrorist violence in Afghanistan but that drone strikes do have a significant impact on Taliban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286855
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Stretávanie sa Ruska a USA vo vojensko-bezpečnostnej oblasti v Strednej Ázii: prípad Uzbekistanu
Števkov, Peter - In: Almanach (Actual Issues in World Economics and Politics) 8 (2013) 2, pp. 124-142
Cieľom článku je na prípade Uzbekistanu predstaviť priebeh a súčasný stav rusko-amerického stretávania sa vo vojensko-bezpečnostnej oblasti v Strednej Ázii. Pri tomto stretávaní možno vypozorovať niekoľko konfrontačných a kooperačných trendov, ktoré sú ovplyvňované...
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Military intervention via drone strikes
Mahmood, Rafat; Jetter, Michael - 2019
We study the 420 US drone strikes in Pakistan from 2006-2016, isolating causal effects on terrorism, anti-US sentiment, and radicalization via an instrumental variable strategy based on wind. Drone strikes are suggested to encourage terrorism in Pakistan, bearing responsibility for 16 percent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005283
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The responsibility to protect remains a challenge: The plight of the Afghan interpreters
Sørensen, Ninna Nyberg; Andersen, Emma Katarina - 2022
agreement on the management of the situation for interpreters and other locally employed in Afghanistan' (Tolkeaftalen) by the … academic analyses, policy reports, a recent joint Danish government evaluation of the evacuation from Afghanistan, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540969
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The responsibility to protect remains a challenge : the plight of the Afghan interpreters
Sørensen, Ninna Nyberg; Andersen, Emma Katarina - 2022
agreement on the management of the situation for interpreters and other locally employed in Afghanistan' (Tolkeaftalen) by the … academic analyses, policy reports, a recent joint Danish government evaluation of the evacuation from Afghanistan, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013341929
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Taliban : militant Islam, oil and fundamentalism in Central Asia
Rashid, Ahmed - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013484473
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The Commanders Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan : Refining U.S. Military Capabilities in Stability and In-Conflict Development Activities
Johnson, Gregory; Ramachandran, Vijaya; Walz, Julie - 2011
to operate in this space for some time to come. Analyzing the Commanders Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan, we … tensions have arisen between the development community and the U.S. military in Afghanistan, we discuss the scope for improving … the U.S. military’s capabilities in carrying out development-related activities in in-conflict zones. Specifically, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014042580
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Are drone strikes effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? : on the dynamics of violence between the United States and the Taliban
Jaeger, David A.; Siddique, Zahra - 2011
Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the … Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from January 2007 to December 2010. We find that drone strikes do not have any … significant impact on terrorist violence in Afghanistan but that drone strikes do have a significant impact on Taliban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529262
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Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban
Jaeger, David A. - 2012
Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the … Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from January 2007 to December 2010. We find that drone strikes do not have any … significant impact on terrorist violence in Afghanistan but that drone strikes do have a significant impact on Taliban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112783
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The war on illegal drugs in producer and consumer countries: a simple analytical framework
Mejía, Daniel - 2008
This paper develops a model of the war against illegal drugs in both producer and consumer countries. The paper studies … demand for drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at reducing the production and trafficking of drugs), and shows how the … optimal allocation of resources between these two alternatives depends on the key parameters of the model. We use available …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264484