Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Multinational Co-operation, Afghanistan and Strategic Culture
Oct 2006, Vol. 151, No. 5
By Christopher Coker
As multinational forces take greater control of Afghanistan, they must overcome institutional failings that have so far dogged its operations. If they are to function effectively, it must aspire to become a ‘risk community’ in which the national caveats of individual members can be translated over time into transnational rules of engagement.
Christopher Coker is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. His most recent book is The Warrior Ethos, to be published by Routledge next Spring. This article is drawn from a paper prepared for the Prism Group, the civilian think-tank established by the UK Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) in Afghanistan,which Professor Coker visited in August 2006. The opinions expressed here are his own.
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By Christopher Coker
As multinational forces take greater control of Afghanistan, they must overcome institutional failings that have so far dogged its operations. If they are to function effectively, it must aspire to become a ‘risk community’ in which the national caveats of individual members can be translated over time into transnational rules of engagement.
Christopher Coker is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. His most recent book is The Warrior Ethos, to be published by Routledge next Spring. This article is drawn from a paper prepared for the Prism Group, the civilian think-tank established by the UK Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) in Afghanistan,which Professor Coker visited in August 2006. The opinions expressed here are his own.
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