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Afghanistan’s Paradoxical Political Party System: A new AAN report

Thomas Ruttig •

The role of political parties in Afghanistan’s highly centralised presidential system, with only limited parliamentary checks and balances, is an important yardstick by which to measure how the country has fared in its attempts to democratise in the post-Taleban era. This new AAN thematic report, in cooperation with the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), looks […]

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Inside and Outside the System: New AAN report on Afghanistan’s political parties published

Thomas Ruttig •

The role of political parties in Afghanistan’s highly centralised presidential system, with only limited parliamentary checks and balances, is an important yardstick by which to measure how the country has fared in its attempts to democratise in the post-Taleban era. This new AAN thematic report, in cooperation with the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), looks […]

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AAN Paper: Afghanistan’s new generation of Islamic activists

AAN Team •

Since the fall of the Taleban, Afghanistan has gone through a great deal of changes. The efforts to establish a democratic and pluralistic political system, the hugely improved access to the rest of the world through media and telecommunication, the emergence of a middle class as a result of a growing economy and the influx […]

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Tajik gentlemen discussing in Dushanbe. Photo: Thomas Ruttig

‘Peace-for-Power’ versus Participatory Solutions: Lessons of Tajikistan’s civil war – a book review

Arne C Seifert •

In a highly relevant 2013 book, Central Asia analysts Kirill Nourzhanov and Christian Bleuer (*) have looked at social relations and the political system in Tajikistan at the end of the 1990s civil war in this Central Asian neighbour of Afghanistan. Our guest author Arne C. Seifert (**) has read the book and argues that […]

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Thomas Ruttig on 2014 elections, Democracy and Political Transitions in Afghanistan

Thomas Ruttig •

In conversation with one of the co-founders of AAN Thomas Ruttig on 2014 elections, democracy and governance in Afghanistan.

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Handing Over Alive: Whither Afghanistan’s political transition?

Thomas Ruttig •

When President Hamed Karzai left office after the completion of his two constitutional terms and handed over to President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani, as he now officially prefers to be called, this was widely called the ‘first peaceful political transition’ – read: without violence or the head of state being immediately killed – in a very […]

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Kommentar Wahl in Afghanistan: Verlierer sind die Taliban

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Tageszeitung (Berlin), 7 April 2014 Op-ed commentary by AAN's Thomas Ruttig, saying that although the winner of the Afghan presidential election is not known yet, the losers are clear: the Taliban who were unable to make true on their threat to start spectacular actions to disrupt the elections. The election was one of defiance, mainly […]

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Who wants to become Afghanistan’s next president, anyway?

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Stars and Stripes, 4 April 2014 AAN's Kate Clark comments on the first democratic transfer of power in Afghanistan’s history: “It’s hugely important,” said Kate Clark analyst with the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network. “Hopefully it will institutionalize the idea that you have political change without assassination, revolution or war.” …  “Fraud is inevitable,” Clark said. Afghans and […]

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Despite efforts to disrupt Afghan elections Taliban didn’t succeed – expert

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Voice of Russia, 6 April 2014 Transcript of an interview broadcast life on the English service of the Russian state broadcaster with AAN's Thomas Ruttig.

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Präsidentenwahl in Afghanistan

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Inforadio Brandenburg, 4 April 2014 Liisten to a live-Interview (in German) with AAN's Thomas Ruttig, on the democratic content of the upcoming elections.

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Wenn Doktoren mit Kriegsherren paktieren (not online)

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Wochenzeitung (Zurich), 3 April 2014 Article (in German) by AAN's Thomas Ruttig looking ahead to the Afghan elections: "eight candidates, surpising alliances, Karzai will maintain influence".

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