Charli Carpenter is a Visiting Researcher at PRIF and professor in the Department of Political Science and Legal Studies at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, specializing in international law and human security. Her teaching and research interests include the protection of civilians, laws of war, humanitarian affairs, humanitarian disarmament, global advocacy networks, political violence and the role of pop culture in global security. She has published three books and numerous journal articles, has served as a consultant for the United Nations, State Department, Department of Defense and human rights NGO community, and regularly contributes to Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs and World Politics Review.
The withdrawal of U.S. military in Afghanistan is underway and the security situation is increasingly worsening. This blog explains why, unlike counterinsurgency, peacekeeping could actually work to stabilize the country as it is based on the consent of the parties of the civil war.
