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Computer Models of Afghan Power Structures
What would a computation model of Afghan power structures (qawm) and the decision making processes within and amongst them look like? Armando Geller and Scott Moss come up with this computation on the… more »
Ghosts of Alexander
Computer Models of Afghan Power Structures
GOA wrote 1 day ago: What would a computation model of Afghan power structures (qawm) and the decision making processes w … more »
Afghanistan's Surrender to the Modern State
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GOA wrote 1 week ago: Is the Western model of the state inappropriate for Afghanistan? Here lies the root of our postcolon … more »
July Photo Header
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GOA wrote 1 week ago: Time for a new theme for the header. I’ll crop this photo: Here the description for this phot … more »
Russia's Human Terrain System
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GOA wrote 2 weeks ago: In the mid-1990s, Russia used brute force, technology and massive arrests and detention in Chechnya … more »
A Pashtun-related Must Read
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GOA wrote 1 month ago: It is not often that I feel the need to suggest to people an academic article as immediate required … more »
How did I miss this book? A Book Review of Buzkashi
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GOA wrote 1 month ago: Buzkashi: Game and Power in Afghanistan. By G. Whitney Azoy. 2nd Edition 2003, Waveland Press. For m … more »
May Photo Header
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GOA wrote 2 months ago: This month’s header is cropped from a photo by Robert W Kranz. The caption that went along wi … more »
Village Versus Village
GOA wrote 2 months ago: I watched a 10 minute mini-documentary by Journeyman Pictures on the efforts of the 503rd in Paktika … more »
Extortion, Mobile Phones and Fund-Raising
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GOA wrote 3 months ago: Much has been written about the “Taliban” attacks on mobile phone infrastructure. Now we … more »
Who Will Rise?
GOA wrote 3 months ago: When the state falls apart and conflict begins, who will rise to power? Who will become a prominent … more »
What's in a (Warlord's) Name?
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GOA wrote 3 months ago: First of all, I think only Chinese historians should use the term “warlord.” It is a gro … more »
Afghanistan's Local Power Structures: Exploit, Restructure, Enable or Destroy?
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GOA wrote 3 months ago: Local power structures in Afghanistan can be extremely complex and, especially since the Soviet-Afgh … more »
The People of the Korengal
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GOA wrote 3 months ago: OK, who hasn’t blogged about the Korengal Valley in the past month? What got the ball rolling … more »
IPL Players - Local Players Catchement Areas
kolkataknightriders wrote 4 months ago: The IPL governing council has released the list of catchement areas for the local players for the IP … more »
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