Warlords and the liberal peace: state-building in AfghanistanFootnote

Roger Mac Ginty is a Reader at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews. His books include No War, No Peace: The Rejuvenation of Stalled Peace Processes and Peace Accords (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), Contemporary Peacemaking (2nd ed, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, co-edited with John Darby) and Conflict and Development (Routledge, 2009, co-authored with Andrew Williams). He edits the ‘Rethinking Political Violence’ book series with Palgrave Macmillan.

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