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In Doha, Qatar the government of the United States has conducted successive rounds of negotiations with a non-State, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) over the future of a State that was not present—the Government of Afghanistan. Regardless of the outcome, the United States will retain a national security interest in Afghanistan and the region. Contextually nuanced strategic choices will be critical and law could be a key strategy. This article identifies relevant Afghan history—a collective longue durée—appraises the severable sovereignty of the Afghan State, and underscores the imperative of working below the State. Drawing on a 1952 U.S. Naval War College lecture on strategy delivered by Harold D. Lasswell, this article explains how law can be an effective strategy to advance interests common to Afghanistan and the United States.

The traditional Onge people of the Indian Nicobar & Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal possess important indigenous knowledge & thus are attracting the intense interest of northern multinational corporations & associated wealth elites. Indigenous knowledge spans medicine, biology, & ecology & holds great wealth-maximizing potential. There is a strong public purpose interest in greater community access to indigenous knowledge-derived products, especially pharmaceuticals. The public purpose goals are best achieved by policies which preserve Onge social organization, & which protect the group's rights by insuring that key decisions about the disposition of its indigenous knowledge are left in its control. A critical factor in policy design is the Onge reservoir of social capital including customary law features. 15 References. Adapted from the source document.