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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797488703321

Titolo

Afghanistan after the Western Drawdown / / edited by Rohan Gunaratna and Douglas Woodall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-4506-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

958.104/7

Soggetti

Strategic culture - Afghanistan

Internal security - Afghanistan

Postwar reconstruction - Afghanistan

Terrorism - Afghanistan - Prevention

Geopolitics - Asia

Security, International - Asia

Afghanistan Strategic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What does the future hold for Afghanistan? / Halimullah Kousary -- Pakistan's inextricable role in Afghanistan's future / Abdul Basit -- An American perspective for Afghanistan's future / Douglas R. Woodall -- India's key role and South Asia's security concerns / Iftekharul Bashar -- The endgame in Afghanistan will impact central Asia / Nodirbek Soliyev -- Iran's strategic designs for Afghanistan / Halimullah Kousary -- Why Afghanistan matters : the global threat of terrorism / Rohan Gunaratna -- Threat group profiles.

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>Al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban, and their allies are poised to return to Afghanistan and the Mujahidin in Pakistan may once again draw the support of pools of fighters. Experts from the countries discussed explain the post-2014 key strategic decisions that face policymakers in Afghanistan, the United States, and the region. </span></span>