Stepanova, Ekaterina (2011) Post-Bin Laden prospects for the peace process in Afghanistan. International Affairs at LSE (16 May 2011). Website.
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Abstract
With all the symbolic allusions to 9/11, including President Obama’s visit to ‘ground zero’ on May 5, at the end of the day the annihilation of the world’s ‘terrorist number one’ in a US covert operation in northern Pakistan turned out to be a highly contextual, instrumental and multi-purpose move. The relevant political contexts are multiple, but the interests, dynamics and implications involved are qualitatively different from the ones that shaped the US-led ‘war on terrorism’ at its onset. A decade since 9/11, the main international implication of bin Laden’s execution is not the most obvious and direct one, i.e. the toppling of al-Qaeda as a major blow to transnational terrorism, but a more indirect and fundamental one.
Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/ideas/ |
Additional Information: | © 2011 The Author(s) |
Divisions: | IGA: LSE IDEAS |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2017 12:50 |
Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 18:00 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/82057 |
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