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Martine van Bijlert

19 February: AAN Briefing Paper ‘Untangling the 2010 Vote’

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A new briefing paper by Martine van Bijlert provides a backdrop to the controversies surrounding the 2010 parliamentary vote. It presents an overview of the main publicly available electoral data and maps what information has been provided, what conclusions can be drawn and what information is still missing – either because it was not shared […]

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27 January 2011: AAN at the Open Forum, Davos 2011

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Join AAN’s Martine van Bijlert during the Open Forum Davos 2011, in the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, where she will be participating in a public panel discussion on whether the West has failed in Afghanistan. The Open Forum Davos 2011 is organized by the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches (SEK) and the World […]

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14 September 2010: new report by Martine van Bijlert ‘The Battle for Afghanistan: Zabul and Uruzgan’

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The New America Foundation released a new study on 14 September 2010 by AAN’s Martine van Bijlert: ‘The Battle for Afghanistan: Zabul and Uruzgan’. The paper, which is part of a series, explores the origins and evolution of the Taleban networks in these provinces and is based on several hundred interviews over the course of […]

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29 June 2010, Washington: Afghanistan Today Karzai, Reconciliation, and Western Strategy

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As Afghanistan’s “summer fighting season” kicks into high gear and the Obama administration’s December 2010 review comes ever closer, join Afghanistan expert Martine van Bijlert and New America Foundation president Steve Coll for a discussion of Afghan politics, militant reconciliation, and the West’s plan in Afghanistan. For more details click here. A video of the talk […]

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5 February, Amsterdam:

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Martine van Bijlert will be participating in the Dutch “Loya Jirga” in Amsterdam which will explore what the Netherlands’ civilian and military involvement in Afghanistan looks like in reality. The Loya Jirga will, according to the announcement, listen to the stories of Afghans, journalists, soldiers, development workers and members of the business community, while it tries […]

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25-27 January 2010, Prague: conference “Provincial Reconstruction Teams – What’s Next?”

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Martine van Bijlert will be on one of the panels during the three-day international conference in Prague on “Provincial Reconstruction Teams – What’s Next? Challenges of Reconstruction in Afghanistan”. She will be speaking as part of the panel on “Cooperation with Afghan Local and National Leadership: Engaging the local population and developing mutual trust with […]

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24 November 2009, Berlin: Afghanistan conference of German NGOs

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“Mission impossible in the Hindukush? Taking stock of international Afghanistan policies” – a conference organised by VENRO, the umbrella of German developmental NGOs. AAN’s Martine van Bijlert will be one of the presenters. The security situation of Afghanistan’s population has drastically deteriorated over the past years – despite the international communities engagement. Aid workers have increasingly become targets […]

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September 2009: New Book Out: Decoding the New Taliban

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Edited by London School of Economics’ Antonio Giustozzi, the new book ‘Decoding the New Taliban’ combines a number of analyses of how the post-2001 Taliban made their way forward in various regions and provinces of Afghanistan. Additionally, cross-cutting issues – the Taliban’s link with the opium trade and their propaganda campaign – and the Pakistani […]

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11 August 2009: AAN’s second report released: How to Win an Afghan Election

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In its second report the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) holds the magnifying glass to the Afghan elections, exploring the impact of high-level deals, local-level decision-making processes, and electoral manipulation. The author, Martine van Bijlert, has used her extensive in-country experience, contacts and language skills to provide a detailed analysis of the deal-making and politicking that […]

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Presentation on the Policies Surrounding Senior Subnational Appointments

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On 10 June 2009 Martine van Bijlert presented the findings of her AREU Briefing Paper on the policies surrounding provincial governor and district administrator appointments. The presentation, which took place at the AREU office in Kabul, was attended by diplomats, policy makers, researchers and Afghan government officials. To learn more about the Afghanistan Research and […]

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Afghanistan and its Region: A Review of Obama’s Strategy

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The three co-directors of AAN (Thomas Ruttig, Sari Kouvo and Martine van Bijlert) participated in the conference “Afghanistan and its Region: A Review of Obama’s Strategy” (7-10 May 2009), organized by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination. Their presentations focused on reconciliation and democratic pluralism, rule of law in the context of counter-insurgency, and the role […]

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Conference “Future Prospects in Afghanistan and the Region

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On 23 April 2009 AAN co-director Martine van Bijlert participated in the Washington conference “Future Prospects in Afghanistan and the Region”. Her presentation focused on the need to put greater and more thoughtful emphasis on “the third D” of the 3D approach (the D of governance and politics) and included lessons learnt from the work […]

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