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Elite Manipulation & United States Afghanistan Policy National Security Policy 3 December 2008
War in Afghanistan ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Suitability of Issue for Elite Manipulation ,[object Object],[object Object]
Afghanistan Fits the Bill ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Afghanistan Fits the Bill ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Afghanistan Fits the Bill ,[object Object],[object Object]
Scope & Assumptions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Increased Troop Levels:  Agenda Control ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],US Troops During the Iraq “Troop Surge”
The President & Agenda Control ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The President & Agenda Control ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Congress & Agenda Control ,[object Object],[object Object]
Potential Challenges ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Increased Troop Levels:  Agenda Control ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Negotiating with the Taliban:  Modified Arrovian Issue Manipulation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Arrovian Issue Manipulation ,[object Object],[object Object]
Example: mid-19 th  century American politics
Example: mid-19 th  century American politics
Negotiating with the Taliban:  Modified Arrovian Issue Manipulation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Is this what Karzai is doing? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Current Alignment of Issue Dimensions
Karzai’s Theoretically Desired New Alignment
Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Further Study ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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