TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harpviken,Kristian Berg
TI  - A rock between hard places : : Afghanistan as an arena of regional insecurity / 
SN  - 9780190627232
AV  - DS371.412. H379 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford : , New York : 
PB  - Oxford University Press, 
KW  - National security – Afghanistan
KW  - Persian Gulf – Foreign relations – Afghanistan
KW  - Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-
KW  - Afghanistan – Economic conditions – 21st century
KW  - Afghanistan – Foreign relations
KW  - South Asia – Foreign relations – Afghanistan
KW  - Asia, Central – Foreign relations – Afghanistan
N1  - 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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