This article aims to evaluate the post-9/11 efforts of the international community and the Afghan government towards institutionalizing democracy in Afghanistan. Not only the efforts of the international community and the Afghan government have been critically analyzed in this article, but also the positional factors such as counter-warlordism and counter-insurgency that have significantly undermined the post-2001 Afghan democratization process have been evaluated.

If we were to go out on the streets in any major city and ask people to explain what globalization is and how it affects people in a “Jay Leno” type manner we would probably arrive with many different answers Why is this

I've come to believe in recent years that living in Mexico , and for a variety of reasons, is as close as you can get to living in The Twilight Zone The reasons for this are not all Mexican, I have to say from the beginning

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As of November, the European Union’s official stance was that they had no plans for a rescue package that even resembled the plans of the United States bailout package implemented by Paulson The plan constructed by the United States in response to the fallout of the subprime mortgage market and many investment banks, was seen as much too elaborate for the European Union's needs

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Summer in Vienna is hot and humid As July, 1683 began, Hapsburg Archduke Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, had retreated to his estate at Perchtoldsdorf to escape the oppressive heat of the city

Wildlife needs to be protected throughout the world We need to leave enough of nature to pass along to the next generation

I was recently watching the news about the 26 November 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai Several terrorists had entered Mumbai, India from the sea route and had attacked the Taj Hotel, Oberoi, Trident and a building called Nariman House at Colaba

Lately, the news has come in flooding waves for me The election, bailouts, and endlessly horrible employment news have washed over me, and left a sort of numb feeling in place of my usual optimism