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- Title
NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS: POWER SHARING IN A POST-CONFLICT AFGHANISTAN.
- Authors
Ellis, Kevin
- Abstract
With the pending withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan, the post-conflict relationship between the Afghan government and the Taliban has become a high-priority problem for Afghanistan to solve. After decades of the Taliban engaging in military conflict and facilitating the growth of terrorism in the country, the Afghan government and the Taliban are finally beginning to negotiate peace. In its peace negotiations, Afghanistan also has the opportunity to address terrorism within its borders, which is a critical element in ensuring the health of the country’s relationship with the international community. Simply, the fate of Afghanistan’s domestic and international future rests on the effectiveness of the agreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban. This Comment argues that the Afghan government and the Taliban should enter into a political and military power-sharing agreement to fulfill the domestic priority of achieving durable peace and the international priority of combatting terrorism. Building upon the power-sharing principles of Arend Lijphart and the power-sharing categories of Caroline Hartzell and Matthew Hoddie, this Comment uses a fact-specific approach, informed by history, to analyze the effectiveness of different power-sharing arrangements and why political and military power-sharing is the best option for Afghanistan. Additionally, this Comment uses the power-sharing agreements in Northern Ireland and Colombia, which also involve power-sharing between governments and paramilitary groups, to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of their agreements and what lessons can be applied to the future agreement in Afghanistan. While power sharing is a well-established practice, confronting the modern issue of terrorism, in a post-9/11 world, must become a new staple in future peace agreements and it starts with Afghanistan.
- Subjects
AFGHANISTAN; UNITED States; TERRORISTS; TALIBAN; POWER sharing governments
- Publication
Temple International & Comparative Law Journal, 2021, Vol 35, Issue 2, p195
- ISSN
0889-1915
- Publication type
Article