This study aims to scrutinize historical development, current situation, and main problems of the... more This study aims to scrutinize historical development, current situation, and main problems of the Afghanistan Education System and the political, social, and economic dimensions of international aid to the country that are made to solve these problems. Following a brief analysis of the historical progress of the Afghanistan education system; the current state of the system and primary, secondary, and community based educational activities in the country in the period ensuing the 2001 US intervention and lasting until 2020 and the place of the foreign aid in the education system and its effects on this system are explained. The resources of this study encompass books; articles; media broadcasts; direct observations in the field and the information obtained through interviews with students, teachers, bureaucrats, politicians, relief workers, and project beneficiaries; and websites, reports and periodical publications of the United Nations, international organizations, state-run instit...
This study aims to scrutinize historical development, current situation, and main problems of the... more This study aims to scrutinize historical development, current situation, and main problems of the Afghanistan Education System and the political, social, and economic dimensions of international aid to the country that are made to solve these problems. Following a brief analysis of the historical progress of the Afghanistan education system; the current state of the system and primary, secondary, and community based educational activities in the country in the period ensuing the 2001 US intervention and lasting until 2020 and the place of the foreign aid in the education system and its effects on this system are explained. The resources of this study encompass books; articles; media broadcasts; direct observations in the field and the information obtained through interviews with students, teachers, bureaucrats, politicians, relief workers, and project beneficiaries; and websites, reports and periodical publications of the United Nations, international organizations, state-run institutions of the donor countries, Afghanistan Ministry of Education and Ministry of Economy, which carries out non-governmental organizations affairs in Afghanistan. Through the analysis of the data gathered from accessible sources, it has been revealed that the decades' lasting wars, internal conflicts, poverty, and disasters have destroyed the Afghan Education Sector and unfortunately, no *
: The international community is often challenged with stabilizing failing states that are incapa... more : The international community is often challenged with stabilizing failing states that are incapable of providing security, health, food and water to their citizens. Humanitarian concern about starvation, rapes, massacres, and oppression of the vulnerable in these states must be addressed. These states may also provide safe havens for terrorists and other groups that become threats to global security. The international community establishes complex missions with both a soft approach of providing only humanitarian aid and a stronger version that exercises binding power over local stakeholders. This thesis analyzes these complex international interventions and argues that missions with binding power are more successful. It begins with theoretical reasoning on why missions with binding power are expected to be successful and continues with empirical data through the comparison of 13 international missions in eight different countries. Five of these international interventions in three ...
Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive DSpace Repository, Sep 1, 2012
Abstract : Over the past 10 years, the demand for United Nations (UN) Information Operations (IO)... more Abstract : Over the past 10 years, the demand for United Nations (UN) Information Operations (IO) has grown, with the UN initiating or strengthening 17 peacekeeping operations and increasing the number of deployed UN personnel. Given the growing demand for UN peacekeeping, we will examine, assess, and make recommendations for increasing UN IO effectiveness during peacekeeping (IODP). This thesis will focus on UN IODP using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in a post-conflict situation. The following questions are addressed: What is more important, the IO message or the information system?; Is a successful system sufficient for IO success?; What is the information hierarchy?; What impact does the information hierarchy have on peacekeeping operations?; Who should deliver the message?; How should the message be delivered?; What is the structure for evaluating UN IODP?; When, where, and how has the UN succeeded in utilizing IODP in missions?; Where has it failed and what were the IO issues it faced?; How can the UN and member countries better utilize IO?; How can the UN utilize the information hierarchy to garner public support in post-conflict environments?; How can the UN counter competing information?; How do you manage expectations in a post-conflict situation?; and Are the tools used by the UN for managing expectations during peacekeeping operations effective? Specifically, in this thesis, we examine the following: (1) the evolution of UN IODP over the past decade; (2) the characteristics of ongoing IODP in case studies from Kosovo, Liberia, and Eritrea-Ethiopia; (3) the current structure for evaluating UN IODP and the challenges, if any, the current structure poses, specifically in the previously mentioned cases; and (4) countering disinformation efforts in IODP.
The international community is often challenged with stabilizing failing states that are incapabl... more The international community is often challenged with stabilizing failing states that are incapable of providing security, health, food and water to their citizens. Humanitarian concern about starvation, rapes, massacres, and oppression of the vulnerable in these states must be addressed. These states may also provide safe havens for terrorists and other groups that become threats to global security. The international community establishes complex missions with both a "soft approach" of providing only humanitarian aid and a stronger version that exercises binding power over local stakeholders. This thesis analyzes these complex international interventions and argues that missions with binding power are more successful. It begins with theoretical reasoning on why missions with binding power are expected to be successful and continues with empirical data through the comparison of 13 international missions in eight different countries. Five of these international interventions in three countries are reviewed in detail. The UNMIK and EULEX in Kosovo and UNOSOM in Somalia are considered as successful examples while the UNOSOM II and AMISOM in Somalia are failures. Finally, this thesis analyzes the current situation in Yemen and provides policy recommendations by applying lessons drawn from the analysis and comparison of the case studies in Kosovo and Somalia.
This study aims to scrutinize historical development, current situation, and main problems of the... more This study aims to scrutinize historical development, current situation, and main problems of the Afghanistan Education System and the political, social, and economic dimensions of international aid to the country that are made to solve these problems. Following a brief analysis of the historical progress of the Afghanistan education system; the current state of the system and primary, secondary, and community based educational activities in the country in the period ensuing the 2001 US intervention and lasting until 2020 and the place of the foreign aid in the education system and its effects on this system are explained. The resources of this study encompass books; articles; media broadcasts; direct observations in the field and the information obtained through interviews with students, teachers, bureaucrats, politicians, relief workers, and project beneficiaries; and websites, reports and periodical publications of the United Nations, international organizations, state-run instit...
This study aims to scrutinize historical development, current situation, and main problems of the... more This study aims to scrutinize historical development, current situation, and main problems of the Afghanistan Education System and the political, social, and economic dimensions of international aid to the country that are made to solve these problems. Following a brief analysis of the historical progress of the Afghanistan education system; the current state of the system and primary, secondary, and community based educational activities in the country in the period ensuing the 2001 US intervention and lasting until 2020 and the place of the foreign aid in the education system and its effects on this system are explained. The resources of this study encompass books; articles; media broadcasts; direct observations in the field and the information obtained through interviews with students, teachers, bureaucrats, politicians, relief workers, and project beneficiaries; and websites, reports and periodical publications of the United Nations, international organizations, state-run institutions of the donor countries, Afghanistan Ministry of Education and Ministry of Economy, which carries out non-governmental organizations affairs in Afghanistan. Through the analysis of the data gathered from accessible sources, it has been revealed that the decades' lasting wars, internal conflicts, poverty, and disasters have destroyed the Afghan Education Sector and unfortunately, no *
: The international community is often challenged with stabilizing failing states that are incapa... more : The international community is often challenged with stabilizing failing states that are incapable of providing security, health, food and water to their citizens. Humanitarian concern about starvation, rapes, massacres, and oppression of the vulnerable in these states must be addressed. These states may also provide safe havens for terrorists and other groups that become threats to global security. The international community establishes complex missions with both a soft approach of providing only humanitarian aid and a stronger version that exercises binding power over local stakeholders. This thesis analyzes these complex international interventions and argues that missions with binding power are more successful. It begins with theoretical reasoning on why missions with binding power are expected to be successful and continues with empirical data through the comparison of 13 international missions in eight different countries. Five of these international interventions in three ...
Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive DSpace Repository, Sep 1, 2012
Abstract : Over the past 10 years, the demand for United Nations (UN) Information Operations (IO)... more Abstract : Over the past 10 years, the demand for United Nations (UN) Information Operations (IO) has grown, with the UN initiating or strengthening 17 peacekeeping operations and increasing the number of deployed UN personnel. Given the growing demand for UN peacekeeping, we will examine, assess, and make recommendations for increasing UN IO effectiveness during peacekeeping (IODP). This thesis will focus on UN IODP using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in a post-conflict situation. The following questions are addressed: What is more important, the IO message or the information system?; Is a successful system sufficient for IO success?; What is the information hierarchy?; What impact does the information hierarchy have on peacekeeping operations?; Who should deliver the message?; How should the message be delivered?; What is the structure for evaluating UN IODP?; When, where, and how has the UN succeeded in utilizing IODP in missions?; Where has it failed and what were the IO issues it faced?; How can the UN and member countries better utilize IO?; How can the UN utilize the information hierarchy to garner public support in post-conflict environments?; How can the UN counter competing information?; How do you manage expectations in a post-conflict situation?; and Are the tools used by the UN for managing expectations during peacekeeping operations effective? Specifically, in this thesis, we examine the following: (1) the evolution of UN IODP over the past decade; (2) the characteristics of ongoing IODP in case studies from Kosovo, Liberia, and Eritrea-Ethiopia; (3) the current structure for evaluating UN IODP and the challenges, if any, the current structure poses, specifically in the previously mentioned cases; and (4) countering disinformation efforts in IODP.
The international community is often challenged with stabilizing failing states that are incapabl... more The international community is often challenged with stabilizing failing states that are incapable of providing security, health, food and water to their citizens. Humanitarian concern about starvation, rapes, massacres, and oppression of the vulnerable in these states must be addressed. These states may also provide safe havens for terrorists and other groups that become threats to global security. The international community establishes complex missions with both a "soft approach" of providing only humanitarian aid and a stronger version that exercises binding power over local stakeholders. This thesis analyzes these complex international interventions and argues that missions with binding power are more successful. It begins with theoretical reasoning on why missions with binding power are expected to be successful and continues with empirical data through the comparison of 13 international missions in eight different countries. Five of these international interventions in three countries are reviewed in detail. The UNMIK and EULEX in Kosovo and UNOSOM in Somalia are considered as successful examples while the UNOSOM II and AMISOM in Somalia are failures. Finally, this thesis analyzes the current situation in Yemen and provides policy recommendations by applying lessons drawn from the analysis and comparison of the case studies in Kosovo and Somalia.
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