Antonio Giustozzi is a Research Fellow at the Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics. He is the author of 'Empires of Mud: Wars and Warlordism in Afghanistan,' 'Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan' and edited 'Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan Field.' 'The Art of Coercion' is his most recent book.