Introduction
1. Prelude: Afghanistan between two wars, 1989-2001
Afghanistan in the international system
The political economy of war and peace in Afghanistan
Arab Islamists in Afghanistan
2. National building lite
A blueprint for Afghanistan
The politics of center-periphery relations in Afghanistan / with Helena Malikyar
Transitional justice and human rights in Afghanistan
Crafting a constitution for Afghanistan
The political context of public administration reform in Afghanistan
Peace building, state building: constructing sovereignty for security
The politics of security in postconflict state building
Regional issues in the reconstruction of Afghanistan / with Andrea Armstrong
Afghanistan's uncertain transition from turmoil to normalcy
Afghanistan 2005 and beyond: prospects for improved stability reference document / with Humayun Hamidzada and Abby Stoddard
3. Back to war
Saving Afghanistan
Resolving the Pakistan-Afghanistan stalemate / with Abubakar Siddique
Counternarcotics to stabilize Afghanistan: the false promise of crop eradication / with Jake Sherman
Afghan dilemmas: defining commitments
The transformation of the Afghan state
From great game to grand bargain: ending chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan / with Ahmed Rashid
The way forward in Afghanistan: end the War on Terror
Epilogue: A tribe apart: Afghan elites face a corrosive past.