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ABOUT THE AUTHORBarnett R. Rubin is director of studies and senior fellow at the Center on InternationalCooperation at New York University. From November to December 2001, he served asadviser to the UN special representative of the secretary-general for Afghanistan,Lakhdar Brahimi, during the negotiations that produced the Bonn Agreement. From 1994to 2000, he was director of the Center for Preventive Action and director of peace andconflict studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.Previously, Dr. Rubin was associate professor of political science and director ofthe Center for the Study of Central Asia at Columbia University, Jennings Randolphpeace fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, and assistant professor of politicalscience at Yale University. He is considered one of the world’s foremost experts onAfghanistan, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding, and is the author of several books,including Blood on the Doorstep: The Politics of Preventing Violent Conflict (2002);Calming the Ferghana Valley: Development and Dialogue in the Heart of Central Asia(1999); and The Search for Peace in Afghanistan: From Buffer State to Failed State(1995).41