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From stalemate to settlement : lessons for Afghanistan from historical insurgencies that have been resolved through negotiations /

In June 2013, the Afghan Taliban opened a political office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the U.S. and Afghan governments. Negotiations between the United States and the group that sheltered al-Qaeda would have been unthinkable 12 years ago, but the reality is that a negotiated settlement i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clarke, Colin P. (Author), Paul, Christopher, 1971- (Author)
Corporate Author: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) (sponsoring body.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2014]
Subjects:
Mediation, International.
Peace-building.
Insurgency > Afghanistan.
Insurgency > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • How to reach a negotiated settlement in counterinsurgency warfare
  • Methods: getting to a master narrative
  • The master narrative
  • Sequences in the individual cases
  • Extended example: Northern Ireland, 1969-1999
  • Twelve additional cases of historical insurgency settled through negotiation
  • Following the master narrative toward an end game in Afghanistan
  • Conclusion.