%0 Journal Article
%T Deteriorating proximity between liberal peacebuilding and counterinsurgency: warlordism and corruption in Afghanistan
%J Interventions: International journal of postcolonial studies
%D 2019
%A Ozdemir, Emrah
%V 21
%N 2
%P 188-218
%X This essay aims at a critical analysis of liberal statebuilding efforts in Afghanistan as a counterinsurgency strategy. It interrogates the consequences of recent statebuilding policies of the counterinsurgency campaign in reproducing and perpetuating, rather than ameliorating, unequal sociopolitical relations in Afghanistan. Since statebuilding is a very broad area to analyze in a single article, this essay focuses on warlordism and corruption as two important issues that illustrate the failure of statebuilding efforts as a strategy of counterinsurgency. The biggest criticism posed by the research is the ignorance of local people's needs and expectations due to the hubris and arrogance of western interveners vis-à-vis their own technological and cognitive "superiority." Thus, this essay has a local population-based approach which enables that ignored local population to explain their perspectives and evaluate efforts in the country.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 1369-801X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2018.1487321