Berman: Afghan police force limited by lack of computers, phones, electricity
Union-Tribune quotes professor of economics, IR/PS affiliate, Eli Berman
06/20/2010
Gretel C. Kovach,
San Diego Union-Tribune
The Marines and the Afghan security team greeted the old men with tidings of peace. They crowded into the foyer, negotiating for permission to question some suspicious characters peering from the upstairs windows. Then, an explosion rocked the apartment building.
“Move up, move up!” shouted Lance Cpl. Luke Swihart, the infantry team leader, as the international cadre of military and police forces piled toward the stairwell.
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Eli Berman is an associate professor of economics at UC San Diego and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is also currently Research Director for International Security Studies at the Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC).
