On Tuesday, May 18, 2021, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), launched its recent research paper titled “An Assessment of the Possibility of Producing Consensus within the Parliamentary and Decentralized System of Democracy in Afghanistan”. The launching ceremony was accompanied by an online discussion with Dr. William Maley, Emeritus Professor, The Australian National University; Dr. Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Lecturer in International in Relations, La Trobe University, Melbourne; Dr. Thomas Barfield, Professor of Anthropology at Boston University & President, American Institute for Afghanistan Studies; and Dr. Hussain Yasa, Writer and Researcher. The panel was moderated by Dr. Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, author of the research and associate professor of international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.
This paper is published under the aegis of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) Peace Studies research series, and conducted by Dr. Mohammad Amin Ahmadi, a member of the I.R. of Afghanistan Peace Negotiations Team. In this paper, the central question is how to navigate compromises and reach an agreement on a peace settlement with the Taliban within the constitutional framework of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan? Although this paper focuses on a post-peace political system in Afghanistan, parts can be used for an interim and transitional period to build a political consensus in the country.
You can find the full research paper below:
https://aiss.af/assets/aiss_publication/An_Assessment_of_the_Possibility_of_Producing_Consensus_within_the_Parliamentary_and_Decentralized_System_of_Democracy_Eng.pdf
You can watch the full video of this discussion at the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/AISSAfghanistan/videos/842281529980389