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Blurred Lines? Provincial Reconstruction Teams and NGO Insecurity in Afghanistan, 2010–2011
Members of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been critical of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) initiative in Afghanistan since its inception, claiming that the mixture of military and humanitarian operations has resulted in ‘blurred lines’
David F Mitchell
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This article builds on the securitisation and post-development literature and it scrutinises the Czech and Hungarian legitimising discourses of the two countries’ respective Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in the Logar and Baghlan provinces of Afghanistan from 2007 to 2013.
Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň +1 more
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The article holistically assesses the US application of security-development nexus (SDN) through the most known example of SDN in practice – provincial reconstruction teams (PRTs) – to elucidate what lessons learned can be drawn from there.
Zdeněk Rod
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Provincial Reconstruction Teams: How Do We Know They Work?
Over the past 6 years, provincial reconstruction teams (PRTs) have played a growing role in the U.S. counterinsurgency effort in Afghanistan. PRTs are one of several organizations working on reconstruction there, along with civilian development agencies,
Gerald Meyerle, Carter Malkasian
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Civilian Stabilization Team Leadership Success: Perceptions for Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Teams
Team Leaders were a crucial element of Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), and they dramatically impacted the performance of a team, both positively and negatively.
Brett Doyle
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U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan: Best Practices and Recommended Improvements [PDF]
The post 9/11 counter-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan were swift and achieved impressive results in a relatively short period of time, but the follow-on task of building a democratic, secure, and sustainable Islamic Republic was far more daunting. In spite of this complex and resource-intensive task, the U.S.-led Coalition and International Security ...
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Impact of Communicable Diseases during Flood Disaster in Pakistan, What’s Next? [PDF]
Unusual weather patterns have led to immense climatic transformation and the global concern over climate change is growing. Every part of the world is now being impacted by climate change, but the Asian and African continents are the most affected ...
Saima Ayub, Halima Sadia, Safila Naveed
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TURKEY’S STRATEGY TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN: SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Providing assistance to the least developed countries has remained one of the top priorities for leading international actors in the XXI century, and the Republic of Turkey is no exception in this regard.
A. I. Aliyeva
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Background: There is scant literature on outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in rugby players, and no prior study has evaluated the outcomes of bone–patellar tendon–bone (BTB) autograft ACL reconstruction.
Eoghan T. Hurley MB, BCh, MCh +5 more
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