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KI Policy Brief Series
KI publishes policy briefs across its three institutional pillars — State Building and Accountability, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation, and Climate Security and Fragility — as well as the Afghanistan Recovery Atlas series. New briefs are published on a rolling basis. All briefs are free to download.
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Coming SoonThe Anatomy of Collapse: How Afghanistan's State Failed
An analysis of the structural, institutional, and political causes of Afghanistan's governance collapse — from the distortions of international assistance to the corruption architectures that hollowed the state from within.
Coming SoonTwo Trillion Dollars: The Political Economy of Failure
A rigorous accounting of how international assistance was structured, directed, and ultimately wasted in Afghanistan — and what the political economy of that assistance reveals about the incentives that drove it.
Coming SoonThe Minimum Viable State: Four Pillars for Afghanistan
A framework for defining what a minimum viable Afghan state would require across security, governance, economic foundations, and social contract — the baseline conditions for any legitimate reconstruction effort.
Coming SoonStructured Devolution: Rebuilding from the Province Up
A governance architecture for structured devolution of power and resources to Afghanistan's provinces and districts — addressing the over-centralization failures of the post-2001 period.
Coming SoonSecurity Sector Reform: What Actually Works in Afghanistan
An evidence-based analysis of security sector reform in Afghanistan — what was tried, what failed, and what a credible Afghan-led security framework would actually require.
Coming SoonThe Afghanistan Recovery Atlas: A Ten-Year Roadmap
The capstone document of the Atlas series — a complete, sector-by-sector ten-year reconstruction roadmap for Afghanistan, with sequenced priorities, resource requirements, and measurable milestones.
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