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050	0	0	_aDS371.412. _bH379 2016
100	1		_aHarpviken, Kristian Berg.
245	1	2	_aA rock between hard places : _bAfghanistan as an arena of regional insecurity / _cKristian Berg Harpviken, Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh.
260			_aOxford : _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c©2016.
300			_axv, 208 pages ; _c22 cm
500			_aAbstract: 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.
505			_aContents: 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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650		0	_aNational security – Afghanistan.
650		0	_aPersian Gulf – Foreign relations – Afghanistan.
651		0	_aAfghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-.
651		0	_aAfghanistan – Economic conditions – 21st century.
651		0	_aAfghanistan – Foreign relations.
651		0	_aSouth Asia – Foreign relations – Afghanistan.
651		0	_aAsia, Central – Foreign relations – Afghanistan.
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