Izgradnja države nakon vojne intervencije: uloga SAD-a u Afganistanu

professional thesis

• Title (english): State-building after military intervention: The US role in Afghanistan
• Author: Ivan Modrić
• Mentor: Đana Luša (mentor)
• Committee member: Robert Mikac (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Đana Luša (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Vlatko Cvrtila (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-02-10, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Ovaj završni specijalistički rad daje pregled procesa postkonfliktne izgradnje države u Afganistanu. Odnosno analizira ulogu SAD-a, međunarodne zajednice, NATO-a, Vlade Islamske Republike Afganistan i drugih dionika koji su imali utjecaja na sami proces. U središtu promatranja je uloga SAD-a kao svjetske sile i glavnog inicijatora kako intervencije u Afganistanu, tako i postkonfliktne obnove države. Međutim, proces izgradnje države se pokazao kao dugotrajan i sveobuhvatan proces koji zahtjeva usklađeno djelovanje više zainteresiranih dionika. Stoga se kroz rad nastoji analizirati svaki pojedinačni doprinos od početnog „light footprint“ pristupa do pokušaja stvaranja funkcionalne države i njenog aparata. Iako obnova Afganistana sigurno nije postigla željene rezultate jer Afganistanom danas vladaju talibani kao fundamentalistički islamski režim. Obnova je predstavljala moralnu obvezu pobjednika te pokušaj vrijedan priznanja jer malo koja država na svijetu bi bila spremna vlastite resurse uložiti u izgradnju i boljitak neke udaljene države i društva.

Abstract (english)

This specialist paper provides an overview of the process of post-conflict state building in Afghanistan. It analyzes the role of the USA, the international community, NATO, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and other stakeholders who had an impact on the process itself. At the center of the observation is the role of the USA as a world power and the main initiator of the intervention in Afghanistan, as well as the post-conflict reconstruction of the country. However, the process of state building has proven to be a long-term and comprehensive process that requires the coordinated action of several interested stakeholders. Therefore, this paper tries to analyze each individual contribution from the initial "light footprint" approach to the attempt to create a functional state and its apparatus. Although the reconstruction of Afghanistan certainly did not achieve the desired results, because Afghanistan is currently ruled by the Taliban as a fundamentalist Islamic regime. Reconstruction represented the moral obligation of the victors and an attempt worthy of recognition because few countries in the world would be willing to invest their own resources in the reconstruction and betterment of a distant country and society.

• Keywords: Afganistan; postkonfliktna obnova države; SAD; NATO; Talibani; krhke države; Enduring freedom; Light footprint; Al-Qaede
• Keywords (english): Afghanistan; post-conflict state reconstruction; USA; NATO; Taliban; fragile states; Enduring freedom; Light footprint; Al-Qaeda
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:395390
• Study programme: Title: Foreign Politics and Diplomacy; Study programme type: university; Study level: postgraduate specialist; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a specijalist/specijalistica za vanjsku politiku i diplomaciju (sveučilišni/a specijalist/specijalistica za vanjsku politiku i diplomaciju)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-03-20 12:19:21