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The Collapse of Afghanistan

Afghanistan has been caught in a four-decade-long cycle of state collapse. In that time, five regimes have been overthrown and replaced by subsequent governments that each resembled the last, with the same centralized political institutions that have characterized the Afghan state’s modern existence.

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By Jennifer B. Murtazashvili
Published on Jan 15, 2022

Journal of Democracy

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Jennifer B. Murtazashvili

Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Jennifer B. Murtazashvili
Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program
Jennifer B. Murtazashvili
Political ReformSecurityForeign PolicyUnited StatesSouth AsiaAfghanistan

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