The Global Security Outlook - The outlook for Afghanistan
The past few years have been defined by long-running conflicts and the emergence of new threats. Extremism and sectarianism – and the large-scale movement of refugees – are forcing us to reset geopolitical priorities and change our approach to peace-building.
Writing in the latest Global Risks Report, Forum founder Klaus Schwab explains:
Here are the key findings of the report, which you can read in full here
A whole new war: And so to the session. The first item on the agenda is the blurring of battle lines: when are we at war, and when are we not?
The nature of conflict today means it's harder to distinguish between war and peace. Frozen conflicts, hybrid wars, attacks in cyberspace – they all demand a new kind of response. Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General, says: “We have to adapt, improve our intelligence, situational awareness, surveillance – to be able to define exactly when we’re under attack.”
“We have to be willing and able to deploy large military operations, such as in Afghanistan and elsewhere," he adds.
The outlook for Afghanistan: As a state, Afghanistan has been on the intersection of fragility and competitiveness for a while. “Terrorism has become our ecological system,” says President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. But it not unique to Afghanistan: “All states must realize it’s a common threat; we need to set the rules and cooperate with each other.”
We’re a people of resilience and we will overcome. Afghanistan will be the burying ground of Daesh.
- Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
The first way to go about this, says Ghani, is to put the citizen front and centre. "What are her needs?" he asks. "And I am deliberately picking my gender, because as long as we exclude women, we’re not going to have stability." Less bureaucracy and more regional cooperation are also important, he adds. - Read More at the weforum
posted by Fakhria @ 1/24/2016
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