IRI’s Gretchen Birkle Co-Authors Toward a Political Strategy for Afghanistan

May 31, 2011
 
Washington, DC – Gretchen Birkle, Afghanistan Country Director for the International Republican Institute; Michael E. O'Hanlon, Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution; and Hassina Sherjan, Founder of Aid Afghanistan for Education; and Chief Executive Officer of the Boumi Company recently co-authored Toward a Political Strategy for Afghanistan (PDF).  The paper outlines present and future political challenges in Afghanistan and offers policy recommendations for the international community to help build a stable, democratic government,
 

The paper was published as a part of Brookings Foreign Policy Paper series.  Through the series, Brookings senior fellows and other experts weigh in on a broad range of critical issues facing the United States and international community.

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