The Regional Dimensions to Security: Other Sides of Afghanistan

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: Including the Other Sides of Afghanistan....Pages 3-22
Regional Dynamics of the Soviet War in Afghanistan and Its Aftermath....Pages 23-40
Afghanistan’s Attitudes toward the Region....Pages 41-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Pakistan: Security Perspectives on Afghanistan....Pages 61-82
Negotiating Its Way In: India in Afghanistan....Pages 83-99
Underestimated and Ignored: Iran’s Current Afghanistan Policy between Soft Power and Hard Measures....Pages 100-119
The Other Power: Security and Diplomacy in Sino-Afghanistan Relations....Pages 120-135
Russia in Afghanistan: Enduring Interests, Domestic Challenges and Regional Strategies....Pages 136-151
Toward Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan: The Perspective of the Bordering Central Asian Republics....Pages 152-172
The Kazakh and Kyrgyz Sides of Afghanistan: So Near and Yet So Far....Pages 173-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
An Institutionalized “Regional Solution”: Regional Organizations in the Space Surrounding Afghanistan....Pages 191-215
From Arc of Crisis to Arc of Opportunity? The Political Economy of Regional Economic Cooperation....Pages 216-237
The Fight against Drug Trafficking: Mechanisms of Regional Cooperation and Their Limits....Pages 238-255
Conclusion....Pages 256-272
Back Matter....Pages 273-287