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Coalition Challenges in Afghanistan Coalition Challenges in Afghanistan The Politics of Alliance Edited by Gale A. Mattox and Stephen M. Grenier Stanford Security Studies, An Imprint of Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2015 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coalition challenges in Afghanistan : the politics of alliance / edited by Gale A. Mattox and Stephen M. Grenier. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8047-9444-2 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8047-9627-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Afghan War, 2001—Participation, Foreign—Case studies. 2. Alliances—Case studies. 3. International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) I. Mattox, Gale A., editor. II. Grenier, Stephen M., editor. ds371.4125.c63 2015 958.104′73—dc23 2015005112 isbn 978-0-8047-9629-3 (electronic) Typeset by Newgen in 10/14 Minion To our spouses and children Contents Preface xi Select List of Acronyms xv Map xvii 1 Introduction: Framing the War in Afghanistan 1 Stephen M. Grenier Part I. afghan government and nonstate actors 2 The Afghan Government at War 15 S. Rebecca Zimmerman 3 Warlords and the Coalition in Afghanistan 31 Romain Malejacq Part II. Western hemIsPhere 4 United States: Examining America’s Longest War 47 Stephen M. Grenier 5 Canada: The Evolution of a New Canadian Way of War 65 Howard G. Coombs 6 El Salvador: Exporting Security in the National Interest 80 Rebecca Bill Chavez S N L vii vii viii Contents Part III. euroPe 7 Germany: The Legacy of the War in Afghanistan 91 Gale A. Mattox 8 The United Kingdom: Innocence Lost in the War in Afghanistan? 108 Andrew M. Dorman 9 France: Vigilant Pragmatism in Afghanistan 123 Nicolas Fescharek 10 The Netherlands: To Fight, or Not to Fight? The Rise and Fall of a Smaller Power 140 Rem Korteweg 11 The Visegrad Four: Achieving Long-Term Security Through Alliance Support 157 Marybeth P. Ulrich 12 Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: The UK, Dutch, German, and French Cases 170 John A. Nagl and Richard Weitz 13 North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Transformation Under Fire 184 Jack J. Porter Part Iv. the mIddle east and asIa 14 Jordan and the United Arab Emirates: Arab Partners in Afghanistan 201 Daniel P. Brown and Ariel I. Ahram 15 Japan: A New Self-Defense Force Role . . . or Not? 214 Takamichi Takahashi 16 Australia: Terrorism, Regional Security, and the US Alliance 225 Maryanne Kelton and Aaron P. Jackson 17 New Zealand: Fostering the US–New Zealand Relationship 242 S Robert Ayson N L viii Contents ix Part v. regIonal actors 18 Pakistan: A Tale of Two Allies 257 Timothy D. Hoyt 19 Russia: Friend or Foe on Afghanistan? 273 Renanah Miles 20 Going Forward: Lessons Learned 288 Gale A. Mattox Appendix A: International Security Assistance Force Contributing Nations, 2001–2014 307 Appendix B: Coalition Fatalities in Afghanistan, 2001–2014 308 Contributors 311 Index 317 S N L ix
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