The federalism-unitarism debate In today’s Afghanistan, few debates cut as sharply across ethnic lines as the one over whether the state should be federal or unitary. Many Pashtun elites have long favored a unitary state, arguing that federalism could lead to the...
Author: Bashir Mobasher
Bashir Mobasher is a political scientist and legal scholar specializing in constitutional design, governance, and human rights in divided societies, with teaching experience at NYU, American University, and the American University of Afghanistan.


