ABSTRACT
Owing to its geo-strategic location and mineral wealth, Afghanistan has acquired significance in the inter-state politics of Asia as well as world politics during the past decades. This book outlines Afghanistan’s efforts to build a stable and peaceful democratic polity, with external military support from the United States and its NATO allies. It also analyses the nation’s development initiatives with major powers such as India, the United States, Russia and Germany. The volume:
• brings to the fore ongoing tensions within the Afghan polity and its continued impact on Asian/world politics;
• discusses topical themes such as withdrawal of US troops and non-traditional security; and
• presents perspectives from scholars and experts from around the world, including Afghans.
This work will be useful to scholars and researchers in political science, international relations, sociology, area studies, and the interested general reader.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |56 pages
Locating Afghanistan in a globalising world and testing theories of international relations
chapter |21 pages
Rethinking stability for Afghanistan
part |57 pages
The USA, NATO and Afghanistan
chapter |14 pages
The Afghan National Security Force
chapter |22 pages
For durable peace and stability
part |53 pages
Afghanistan and major powers
chapter |19 pages
Developments in Afghanistan after 2014
chapter |13 pages
Withdrawal of the NATO and Indo–Afghan relations
part |62 pages
Regional perspectives on Afghanistan