Afghanistan Reconstruction

Summer 2007

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Midterm (pre-exam illustrative version)

 

Part I   Explain the main points of George Crile’s book.  What is the goal of the book?  Has the author succeeded in achieving the goal?  Why or why not?  [50 points]

 

Part II )  Define and State the Significance [25 points]   Provide a succinct definition of the following terms as used in the study of conflict, reconstruction and development.   For each term, explain how the concept is significant with respect to policy or theory. 

 

Mujahaddin

 

 

 

 

Insurgency

 

 

 

 

Normalization and Reconstruction

 

 

 

 

Deterrable and un-deterrable threats

 

 

 

 

Ideology

 

 

 

 

Provide general figures on the size of population and provide the appropriate capital names.  [25 points]

Country Name

Approx

Population

Capitals

Alphabetical

Capitals

Afghanistan  

 

 

Abu Dhabi

Albania  

 

 

Addis Ababa

Algeria  

 

 

Algiers

Armenia  

 

 

Amman

Azerbaijan  

 

 

Ankara

Bahrain  

 

 

Apia

Bangladesh  

 

 

Ashgabat

Belarus  

 

 

Asmara

Bhutan 

 

 

Astana

Bosnia and
Herzegovina
  

 

 

Baghdad

Bulgaria  

 

 

Baku

Burma  

 

 

Bangkok

Cambodia  

 

 

Beijing

China   

 

 

Beirut

Croatia  

 

 

Belgrade

Czech Republic  

 

 

Bishkek

Djibouti  

 

 

Bratislava

East Timor  

 

 

Bucharest

Egypt  

 

 

Budapest

Eritrea  

 

 

Cairo

Estonia  

 

 

Chisinau

Ethiopia  

 

 

Colombo
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Georgia  

 

 

Damascus

Hungary  

 

 

Dhaka

India  

 

 

Dili

Indonesia  

 

 

Djibouti

Iran 

 

 

Doha

Iraq  

 

 

Dushanbe

Israel  

 

 

Hanoi

Japan  

 

 

Islamabad

Jordan  

 

 

Jakarta

Kazakhstan  

 

 

Jerusalem

Korea, North 

 

 

Kabul

Korea, South  

 

 

Kathmandu

Kuwait  

 

 

Kiev

Kyrgyzstan  

 

 

Kuala Lumpur

Laos  

 

 

Kuwait

Latvia  

 

 

Ljubljana

Lebanon  

 

 

Male

Lithuania  

 

 

Manama

Macedonia  

 

 

Manila

Malaysia  

 

 

Minsk

Maldives  

 

 

Moscow

Mauritania  

 

 

Muscat

Mauritius  

 

 

New Delhi

Micronesia,
Federated States of  

 

 

Nouakchott

Moldova  

 

 

Palikir

Mongolia  

 

 

Phnom Penh

Nepal  

 

 

Port Louis

Oman  

 

 

Prague

Pakistan  

 

 

Pyongyang

Philippines  

 

 

Rangoon

Poland  

 

 

Riga

Qatar  

 

 

Riyadh

Romania  

 

 

Sanaa

Russia  

 

 

Sarajevo

Samoa  

 

 

Seoul

Saudi Arabia  

 

 

Singapore

Serbia and Montenegro 

 

 

Skopje

Singapore  

 

 

Sofia

Slovakia  

 

 

Tallinn

Slovenia  

 

 

Tashkent

Sri Lanka  

 

 

Tbilisi

Syria  

 

 

Tehran

Tajikistan  

 

 

Thimphu

Thailand  

 

 

Tirana

Tunisia  

 

 

Tokyo

Turkey  

 

 

Tunis

Turkmenistan  

 

 

Ulaanbaatar

Ukraine  

 

 

Vientiane

United Arab Emirates  

 

 

Vilnius

Uzbekistan  

 

 

Warsaw

Vietnam  

 

 

Yerevan

Yemen  

 

 

Zagreb

 

Gregory Gleason   Social Science Bldg. Room 2064
 

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