PrintMohammad Masoom Stanekzai
Jennings Randolph Afghanistan Fellow May 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009
Contact
Project Focus:
Security, Reconstruction and Reconciliation in Afghanistan
Phone: (202) 429-3874
E-mail: mstanekzai@usip.org
Languages: Dari | Pashto
Countries: Afghanistan
An adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and vice chair of the Demobilization and Reintegration Commission, a group responsible for the disbandment of illegal armed groups, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai’s research focuses on security, reconstruction and reconciliation in Afghanistan.
From 2002 to 2004, he was minister of telecommunication/information and communications technology in the Afghan Transitional Government. During this time, he developed and implemented a major reform and restructuring program that was one of the success stories of post-conflict reconstruction in the country. Prior to that, he was director of the Agency for Rehabilitation and Energy Conservation in Afghanistan. He has 25 years of substantive experience in design and management, including the telecom sector, humanitarian and community development, renewable energy, governance and security sector reform. He has worked with government entities, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, NGOs, the U.N., and private sectors in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. Most recently, he completed a draft regulatory framework for the operation of private security companies in Afghanistan, which was adopted by the government.
Stanekzai earned a master’s degree in philosophy of engineering for sustainable development from Cambridge University and a master’s in business management from Preston University. He has a B.A. from the Kabul Telecom Institute and is a graduate of the Kabul Military University.
Publications
- "Thwarting Afghanistan's Insurgency: A Pragmatic Approach towards Peace and Reconciliation" (USIP Special Report 212, September 2008).
- Afghanistan: Not Lost, But Needs More Attention (USIPeace Briefing, June 2008).
- "The Food Crisis in Afghanistan: More Than Band-Aids Are Needed," Britannica Blog, June 23, 2008.
Resources & Tools
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Conflict, Identity, and Reform in the Muslim World highlights the challenges that escalating identity conflicts within Muslim-majority states pose for both the Muslim world and for the West, an issue that has received scant attention in policy and academic circles. |
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US policy toward Afghanistan will require a fundamental change in order to achieve long-term stability in the country, according to The Future of Afghanistan, a new U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) collection of essays written by some of the world's top South Asia analysts. "A focused, coherent, and long-term approach to Afghan and regional stability is necessary to get Afghanistan out of its vicious cycle of insecurity, insurgency, impunity, and corruption" says the Institute's J. Alexander Thier, who edited the volume.
Countries: Afghanistan
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Governance, Human Rights, Rule of Law
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Afghanistan is in a crucial phase of transition. In this report, USIP's first Afghanistan fellow Masoom Stanekzai, who has interviewed a broad spectrum of Afghan senior government officials, members of the international community, and ordinary citizens in the country, shares his recommendations for a pragmatic approach toward peace and reconciliation. Countries: Afghanistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Conflict Management and Resolution, Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict Activities
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Events
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July 29, 2008
Countries: Afghanistan
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Peacebuilding, Rule of Law, Terrorism and Political Extremism
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