Value Focused Thinking for Nation Building in Afghanistan: A Regional Perspective

Abstract

This thesis is an effort to mathematically model the nation building effort that is underway in Afghanistan. The thesis examines this nation building effort from the perspective of a local person who understands Afghan culture better than a foreigner. The thesis employs value-focused thinking to categorize the factors that we need to focus on for nation building in descending order of priority. This research adds a new dimension to the models already available in the literature and is likely to be more readily embraced by the local people who are sometimes in conflict with American priorities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA560446

Entities

People

  • Muhammad S. Riaz

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Asia
  • Correctional Facilities
  • Department Of State
  • Instructors
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Thinking
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design