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Title The Central Asia-Afghanistan relationship : from Soviet intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives / edited by Marlène Laruelle
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 266 pages)
Series Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
Contemporary Central Asia (Lanham, Md.)
Contents Introduction / Marlène Laruelle -- Part I. The legacy of the Soviet intervention -- Central Asian soldiers and the Soviet war in Afghanistan: an introduction / Artemy M. Kalinovsky -- A oral history of the Soviet-Afghan War: interviews with Central Asian Afgantsy / Marlène Laruelle, Botagoz Rakisheva, Gulden Ashkenova, and Artemy M. Kalinovsky -- Part II. Afghanistan's northern neighbors: perceptions and challenges -- Afghanistan's multicentered regional foreign policy / Antonio Giustozzi -- Russia's policy on Afghanistan / Ekaterina Stepanova -- Assessing Uzbekistan's and Tajikistan's Afghan policies: the impact of domestic drivers / Marlene Laruelle -- Insurgent activities at the Afghan-Turkmen and Afghan-Tajik borders / Bruce Pannier -- Part III. The Silk Road Initiative as a US project for Central Asia and Afghanistan -- Parsing mobilities in Central Eurasia / Alexander C. Diener -- The US Silk Road: geopolitical imaginary or the repackaging of strategic interests? / Marlène Laruelle -- The new Silk Road Initiative's questionable economic rationality / Sebastien Peyrouse and Gaël Raballand
Summary This collection provides a broad analysis of Afghanistan and its neighbors in recent decades and investigates the various historical and political contexts into which the region has been placed. It examines the legacy of Soviet intervention, patterns of cooperation and conflict among regional states, and recent US strategic initiatives
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 07, 2017)
Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
SUBJECT Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Central
Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2021
Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001928
Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 -- Influence
Subject Afghanistan
Central Asia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Laruelle, Marlène, editor, contributor
LC no. 2017029838
ISBN 9781498546553
1498546552