A rock between hard places : Afghanistan as an arena of regional insecurity / Kristian Berg Harpviken, Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, ©2016.Description: xv, 208 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780190627232
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS371.412. H379 2016
Contents:
Contents: South Asia and Afghanistan : projecting the Indo-Pak conflict. The robust India-Pakistan conflict -- Domestic politics and regional entanglement -- Global powers in South Asia -- Afghanistan : arena for proxy war? -- Enduring South Asian conflict in Afghanistan? -- Central Asia and Afghanistan. Central Asian regional security dynamics -- Domestic sources of rivalry -- Global powers in Central Asia -- Afghanistan -- insulation or contagion for the Central Asians? -- Will Central Asian insulation hold? -- The Persian Gulf and Afghanistan : Iran-Saudi competition. The Iran-Saudi rivalry -- Domestic determinants -- Global powers in the Persian Gulf -- Afghanistan-Rivalry projected -- Will the Persian Gulf rivalry perils in Afghanistan? -- Afghanistan and its neighborhood : continuity and change. Re-examining Afghanistan as connector -- Core or periphery? Competing perspectives on Afghanistan's neighborly dilemmas -- The future of Afghanistan's neighborly relations.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS371.412.H379 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000507953
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Abstract: Based on a careful reading of the recent political and economic history of the region, and of Great Power rivalry beyond it, the authors explain why efforts to build a comprehensive Afghanistan-centric regional security order have failed, and suggest what might be done to reset inter-state relations.

Contents: South Asia and Afghanistan : projecting the Indo-Pak conflict. The robust India-Pakistan conflict -- Domestic politics and regional entanglement -- Global powers in South Asia -- Afghanistan : arena for proxy war? -- Enduring South Asian conflict in Afghanistan? -- Central Asia and Afghanistan. Central Asian regional security dynamics -- Domestic sources of rivalry -- Global powers in Central Asia -- Afghanistan -- insulation or contagion for the Central Asians? -- Will Central Asian insulation hold? -- The Persian Gulf and Afghanistan : Iran-Saudi competition. The Iran-Saudi rivalry -- Domestic determinants -- Global powers in the Persian Gulf -- Afghanistan-Rivalry projected -- Will the Persian Gulf rivalry perils in Afghanistan? -- Afghanistan and its neighborhood : continuity and change. Re-examining Afghanistan as connector -- Core or periphery? Competing perspectives on Afghanistan's neighborly dilemmas -- The future of Afghanistan's neighborly relations.

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