http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3122/safwan-b-shabab Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:07:46 -0400 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:07:46 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1263/natos-dilemma-asset-specificity-and-the-challenge-of-securing-afghanistan By Safwan B. Shabab - On the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's founding, Afghanistan provides a unique opportunity for the alliance to prove its strength beyond Europe and combat global security threats from terrorism and instability.2 But despite proving its early critics such as John Mearsheimer wrong during the 1990s, NATO's credibility is once again on the line – Afghanistan is proving to be a difficult test of the alliance's political will and military capabilities.3 NATO's mission – the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has been marred by a lack of collective... Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1263/natos-dilemma-asset-specificity-and-the-challenge-of-securing-afghanistan