Stories by J. Alexander Thier
J. Alexander Thier is director of the Project on Failed States at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. He served as legal advisor to Afghanistan's Constitutional and Judicial Reform Commissions.
Celebrate the first elections, but pity the Afghan parliament that now must deal with poverty, warlords and the Taliban.
Posted on Sep 21, 2005, Source: TomPaine.com
