Disrupting the ISI-Taliban Relationship: a Principal-agent Approach, 2018

This study by Naval Postgraduate school, Monterey, California, argues hat principal-agent theory provides a unique perspective on the relationship between the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani state. This perspective assists in developing strategies to reduce, disrupt, or eliminate the support that the Taliban receive from Pakistan. Furthermore, the framework of this study can be applied to other state-sponsored terrorist groups, insurgencies, and proxies.

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