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Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi

The Globe Post columnist. Ph.D. Candidate in Government and Public Policy. A former Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University with an LL.M. in Human Rights from the University of Hong Kong. Contact him @aayoobi

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Afghanistan’s Parliamentary Election: Rise of the Youth

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi Oct 20, 2018

Whatever the results will be at the end of today’s election in Afghanistan, the future seems to be bright. The youths are awakened and sooner or later, they will take the lead and modernize…

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Afghanistan: a State in Disguise Under Tribal Monocracy

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi Oct 6, 2018

For peace to transpire, the Taliban need to make peace with the Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan (GNCA) leaders who fought and ousted them with the U.S. support in 2001.

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Khalilzad as US Special Envoy for Afghanistan: the Good, the Bad or the Ugly?

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi Aug 27, 2018

The news that former U.S. diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad may come back to Afghanistan as the U.S. special envoy for the country has sparked mixed feelings among political circles.

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Afghan Ethnopolitics Jeopardizes US National Security

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi Aug 14, 2018

The ruling tribal elites in Afghanistan are masters of demagoguery with a web of influential support to promote their hidden tribal agenda, even if it means jeopardizing the U.S. national…

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Leadership Council: an Alternative Governance Model for Afghanistan

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi Aug 7, 2018

Apart from corruption and warlordism politicking, the Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan is a reflection of the growing need for change in the country’s mode of governance.

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Ethno-Nationalism Threatens Afghanistan and the Region

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi Jun 11, 2018

Ethno-nationalism has created various shapes and forms of dogmatic ethno-nationalists in Afghanistan. Some of them, like the Taliban, have embraced violence by corrupting jihad to fight an…

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Afghanistan’s Transcending Tribal Elites Are Mocking Democracy

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi Jun 1, 2018

The absence of a real democratic milieu in Afghanistan has sustained the vicious cycle of ethnic superiority. Pashtun elites have vested interest in maintaining this status quo, and to do…

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Identity Politics in Afghanistan: Nation-State or State-Nation?

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi May 25, 2018

Afghanistan is home to a large number of ethnic groups, but its four principal tribes are Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Only Pashtun leaders seem to consider Afghanistan a…

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Why is Lula’s Rise and Fall a Wake-Up Call for Brazilian Democracy?

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi May 3, 2018

For better or worse, former Brazilian President-turned-Prisoner Lula da Silva will go down in history as one of the most decisive figures in the contemporary chronicles of the country's…

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Attacks on Hazara Community Killing Political Efficacy in Afghanistan

Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi Apr 29, 2018

The Afghan National Unity Government, whether failing to protect or tacitly, leaves the Hazara community under attack. The international community has a moral obligation to protect these…