Concepts of legitimacy: congruence and divergence in the Afghan conflict/

MINATTI Wolfgang

Concepts of legitimacy: congruence and divergence in the Afghan conflict/ Wolfgang Minatti and Isabelle Duyvesteyn - 2020

The article examines to what extent the concepts of legitimacy of the Taliban and the US counterinsurgents showed congruence with pre-existing Afghan notions of legitimacy. It is also crucial that counterinsurgents need to be aware of and adapt to local norms.


AFGHANISTAN
MIDDLE EAST
LEGITIMACY
CONFLICT