This course developed over the years from the original course ‘Dissonances: Cultural Conflict and International Interventions in the Middle East’ (2010-2011). Gradually I came to focus on the case of Afghanistan alone. Following are the pdf versions of the powerpoint presentations I used in this course in 2016.
Seminar 1: The Bonn Agreement, 2001
Seminar 2: Evolution of the Intervention in Afghanistan 2002-2016
Seminar 3-4: Afghan Political Culture
Seminar 5: Islamism in Afghanistan
Seminar 6: Global Jihad and Imagined Communities
Seminar 7: Fighting the Phantom Enemy
Seminar 8: How to Fix a Failed State (satirical contribution made with the support of my friend Archibald Gallet)