The Regional Dimensions to Security [electronic resource] : Other Sides of Afghanistan /
Snetkov, Aglaya.author.
Aris, S.editor.
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the perspective and approaches to Afghan security taken by the states bordering and in close proximity to Afghanistan, and the transnational dynamics that interconnect these states with Afghanistan and one another.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and Background; 1 Introduction: Including the Other Sides of Afghanistan; 2 Regional Dynamics of the Soviet War in Afghanistan and Its Aftermath; 3 Afghanistan's Attitudes toward the Region; Part II: Neighboring and Regional States' Perspectives; 4 Pakistan: Security Perspectives on Afghanistan; 5 Negotiating Its Way In: India in Afghanistan; 6 Underestimated and Ignored: Iran's Current Afghanistan Policy between Soft Power and Hard Measures
7 The Other Power: Security and Diplomacy in Sino-Afghanistan Relations8 Russia in Afghanistan: Enduring Interests, Domestic Challenges and Regional Strategies; 9 Toward Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan: The Perspective of the Bordering Central Asian Republics; 10 The Kazakh and Kyrgyz Sides of Afghanistan: So Near and Yet So Far; Part III: Regional Interdependencies and Strategies; 11 An Institutionalized "Regional Solution": Regional Organizations in the Space Surrounding Afghanistan; 12 From Arc of Crisis to Arc of Opportunity? The Political Economy of Regional Economic Cooperation
13 The Fight against Drug Trafficking: Mechanisms of Regional Cooperation and Their Limits14 Conclusion; Index
Includes index.
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the perspective and approaches to Afghan security taken by the states bordering and in close proximity to Afghanistan, and the transnational dynamics that interconnect these states with Afghanistan and one another.
Asia—Politics and government.
Ethnology—Asia.
Politics and war.
International relations.
Peace.
Political science.
Asian Politics.
Asian Culture.
Military and Defence Studies.
International Relations.
Conflict Studies.
Political Science.