ABSTRACT
Around the turn of the century, myriad books and articles – from
academics, journalists, organizational leaders and grassroots
activists – explored the state of American environmentalism,
outlining ideological ...
A review of the book Afghanistan: a cultural and political history, by Thomas Barfield, Princeton, Princeton
University Press, 2010, 400 pp, US$29.95 (hardcover), ISBN 9780691145686
Coburn, Noah(The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 2015-03)
The September 2014 power-sharing agreement
between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah
only partially resolved the political crisis that
followed Afghanistan’s disputed presidential
elections. The compromise of ...
Jewish Americans’ beliefs about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can serve either to inhibit or to
facilitate the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Attitudes toward conflict
resolution and beliefs about ...
Ben Hagai, Ella; Zurbriggen, Eileen L.(PsychOpen, 2017)
In this study, we examined processes associated with ingroup members’ break from their ingroup and solidarity with the outgroup. We explored these processes by observing the current dramatic social change in which a growing ...
Coburn, Noah(Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2010-05)
There is a renewal of interest in the lower house of Afghanistan’s parliament, known
as the Wolesi Jirga, taking place in both Afghan domestic politics and international
discussion about governance in Afghanistan. This ...
Larson, Anna; Coburn, Noah(The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 2014-04)
This paper, the second of three on voter perceptions in the Afghan elections, analyses the reactions of a select group of Afghans to the elections in urban areas. It is based upon ongoing research and data collected in the ...
Political philosophy has been under the sway of a certain picture since
Rawls's A Theory of Justice was published in 1971. This picture combines
the idea that the problem of justice should be approached from
the direction ...
Coburn, Noah(Hamida Barmaki Organization for the Rule of Law, 2015-03)
While the growing interest in informal justice is an important step in understanding the
various forms of access to justice in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the conceptual
dichotomy between formal and informal justice ...
Coburn, Noah; Dempsey, John(United States Institute of Peace, 2010-08)
This report discusses informal justice in Afghanistan and its
relationship to state institutions. It draws on a series of pilot
projects sponsored and overseen by the United States Institute
of Peace (USIP) and on work ...
Coburn, Noah(United States Institute of Peace, 2013-04)
This report analyzes the array of programs that dealt
with the so-called informal justice sector in Afghanistan
from 2008 to 2011. It focuses on a series of pilot projects
sponsored by the United States Institute of ...
Coburn, Noah(International Development Law Organization, 2011)
The international community in Afghanistan has increasingly come to realize that
the failure of the Afghan state to provide citizens with predictable access to
justice has contributed significantly to the insurgency in ...
Hill, Sophia; Ben Hagai, Ella; Zurbriggen, Eileen L.(American Psychological Association, 2018-01)
Influenced by social identity theory, psychologists have focused primarily on the role
of shared identity in leading people to engage in collective action. In this study, we are
concerned with the factors that lead ...
Coburn, Noah; Larson, Anna(United States Institute of Peace, 2013-03)
This report focuses on local perceptions of the 2014
presidential elections in Afghanistan. It situates the elections
within growing concerns about the political uncertainty of
the upcoming transition and explores what ...
Coburn, Noah(Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, (CESLAM) Kathmandu, Nepal., 2016)
This paper explores some of the repercussions of Nepalese labour migration in times of conflict, arguing that security contracting shares much with other forms of migratory labour but also that the commodification of ...
Coburn, Noah(The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2014-02)
With the continued drawdown of international troops and a presidential election,
2014 will be a crucial year for Afghanistan. However, as the elections approach,
there is a need to make policy and programmatic decisions ...
Coburn, Noah(Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2009-11)
Table of Contents
No Single Opinion;
Elections and Legitimacy;
Has the Karzai Government been “Delegitimised?”;
Have Elections in Afghanistan been “Delegitimised?”;
The International Community: The Real Culprits?;
Outcome ...
Coburn, Noah; Miakhel, Shahmahmood(United States Institute of Peace, 2010-09-07)
The need to engage local Afghan leaders and support community decision making has
recently been promoted as a key element of both development and counterinsurgency
strategies in Afghanistan.
The resulting proliferation ...
Coburn, Noah; Miakhel, Shahmahmood(United States Institute of Peace, 2012-04-09)
The coming period of transition to Afghan control of national security will require greater
cooperation and understanding between all parties.
Cooperation between the international community, the Afghan government and ...