The Regional Dimensions to Security

Part I. Introduction and Background

1. Introduction: Including the Other Sides of Afghanistan
Aglaya Snetkov, Stephen Aris

2. Regional Dynamics of the Soviet War in Afghanistan and Its Aftermath
Artemy M. Kalinovsky

3. Afghanistan’s Attitudes toward the Region
Amin Saikal

Part II. Neighboring and Regional States’ Perspectives

4. Pakistan: Security Perspectives on Afghanistan
Shaun Gregory

5. Negotiating Its Way In: India in Afghanistan
Rudra Chaudhuri

6. Underestimated and Ignored: Iran’s Current Afghanistan Policy between Soft Power and Hard Measures
Andreas Wilde

7. The Other Power: Security and Diplomacy in Sino-Afghanistan Relations
Marc Lanteigne

8. Russia in Afghanistan: Enduring Interests, Domestic Challenges and Regional Strategies
Marlene Laruelle

9. Toward Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan: The Perspective of the Bordering Central Asian Republics
Farkhod Tolipov

10. The Kazakh and Kyrgyz Sides of Afghanistan: So Near and Yet So Far
Emilbek Dzhuraev, Sharibek Dzhuraev

Part III. Regional Interdependencies and Strategies

11. An Institutionalized “Regional Solution”: Regional Organizations in the Space Surrounding Afghanistan
Stephen Aris

12. From Arc of Crisis to Arc of Opportunity? The Political Economy of Regional Economic Cooperation
Michaela Prokop

13. The Fight against Drug Trafficking: Mechanisms of Regional Cooperation and Their Limits
Sebastien Peyrouse

14. Conclusion
Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Asian Politics, Asian Culture, Military and Defence Studies, International Relations, Conflict Studies, Political Science