Central Asia-Afghanistan Relationship (eBook)

From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives

Marlene Laruelle (Herausgeber)

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2017
282 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498546553 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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Central Asia is a relatively understudied neighbor of Afghanistan. The region is often placed into a number of historical and political contexts-a section of the Silk Road, a pawn in the "e;Great Game,"e; the "e;spillover"e; state that exemplifies the failure of US foreign policy-that limit scholarly understanding.This edited volume contributes by providing a broad, long-term analysis of the Central Asia-Afghanistan relationship over the last several decades. It addresses the legacy of Soviet intervention with a unique first-hand selection of interviews of former Soviet Central Asian soldiers that fought in the Soviet-Afghan War. It examines Afghanistan's norther neighbors, discussing Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan-their strategy for Afghanistan, their perception of challenges and opportunities of the country, and patterns of cooperation and conflict. The collection also looks at recent US strategic initiatives in the region, in particular the New Silk Road Initiative that envisions a growing Central Asia-South Asia connection.

Autor

Marlene Laruelle is research professor, director of the Central Asia Program, and associate director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University.

Inhalt

Introduction, Marlene LaruellePart I: The Legacy of the Soviet InterventionChapter 1: Central Asian Soldiers and the Soviet War in Afghanistan: An Introduction, Artemy M. KalinovskyChapter 2: A Oral History of the Soviet–Afghan War: Interviews with Central Asian Afgantsy, Marlene Laruelle, Botagoz Rakisheva, Gulden Ashkenova, and Artemy M. KalinovskyPart II: Afghanistan’s Northern Neighbors: Perceptions and ChallengesChapter 3: Afghanistan’s Multicentered Regional Foreign Policy, Antonio GiustozziChapter 4; Russia’s Policy on Afghanistan, Ekaterina StepanovaChapter 5: Assessing Uzbekistan’s and Tajikistan’s Afghan Policies: The Impact of Domestic Drivers, Marlene LaruelleChapter 6: Insurgent Activities at the Afghan–Turkmen and Afghan–Tajik Borders, Bruce PannierPart III: The Silk Road Initiative as a US Project for Central Asia and AfghanistanChapter 7: Parsing Mobilities in Central Eurasia, Alexander C. Diener Chapter 8: The US Silk Road: Geopolitical Imaginary or the Repackaging of Strategic Interests?, Marlene LaruelleChapter 9: The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality, Sebastien Peyrouse and Gaël Raballand

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.8.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
• Co-Autor: Gulden Ashkenova, Ekaterina Stepanova, Alexander Diener, Antonio Giustozzi, Artemy M. Kalinovsky, Marlene Laruelle, Bruce Pannier, Sebastien Peyrouse, Gael Raballand, Bota Rakisheva
• Zusatzinfo: 3 Illustrations including: - 1 Maps; - 2 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Afghanistan • Asian Studies • Central Asia • Silk Road • Soviet intervention • Soviet Union
• ISBN-13: 9781498546553 / 9781498546553