TY - BOOK AU - Tadjbakhsh,Shahrbanou ED - Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). TI - Central Asia and Afghanistan : : insulation on the silk road, between Eurasia and the heart of Asia / T2 - (Paper 3 of the PRIO project) SN - 9788272884030 AV - Pamphlet DS327.7. T33 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Oslo, Norway : PB - Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), KW - Silk Road. KW - Silk Road KW - History KW - Description and travel KW - Afghanistan KW - Commerce KW - Asia, Central KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Foreign economic relations N1 - Cover title; “Afghanistan in a neighbourhood perspective”; “Independent, International, Interdisciplinary ; PRIO paper”—cover page; Includes bibliographical references; Contents: Executive summary—Introduction—Part I : the Central Asia RSC and its characteristics—Part II : CA RSC-global interactions—Part III : impact on relations with Afghanistan—Conclusion N2 - Summary: “Is Afghanistan the heart of Asia, from where regional security can be threatened and cooperation induced? Or is it an artificial heart whose beat does not echo the genuine security interests of neighbouring countries? This question is the essence of the PRIO research project ‘Afghanistan is a neighbourhood perspective’, which this third paper in the series aims to answer from the point of view of the Central Asian…”—(page summary) ER -