02867nam 2200625 450 991081583700332120230808191845.01-4422-6201-X(CKB)3710000000604439(EBL)4427218(SSID)ssj0001630612(PQKBManifestationID)16377767(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001630612(PQKBWorkID)14938521(PQKB)10698364(PQKBManifestationID)16372006(PQKBWorkID)14938531(PQKB)21970137(MiAaPQ)EBC4427218(DLC) 2016013190(EXLCZ)99371000000060443920160316h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican state-building in Afghanistan and its regional consequences achieving democratic stability and balancing China's influence /Neamat NojumiLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,[2016]©20161 online resource (341 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-6200-1 1-4422-6199-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.cover; frontmatter; contents; abbreviations; foreword; preface; acknowledgments; introduction; part one; chapter one; part two; chapter two; chapter three; chapter four; chapter five; part three; chapter six; chapter seven; part four; chapter eight; bibliography; indexThis book explains why and how the U.S. and NATO military gains have not produced the expected political victory, and calls for rethinking U.S. policy toward promoting Afghanistan as a regional economic hub in Southwest and Central Asia as it fits within the broader national security interest of the regional states. It argues for defining Afghanistan within the U.S. national security interests in Southwest and Central Asia, including Iran, and offers critical strategic tools for Washington to support political openness and reforms that can balance China and Russia, as well as more effectively Nation-buildingAfghanistanDemocratizationAfghanistanInternal securityAfghanistanUnited StatesForeign relationsAfghanistanAfghanistanForeign relationsUnited StatesAfghanistanStrategic aspectsNation-buildingDemocratizationInternal security327.730581Nojumi Neamatollah567706MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815837003321American state-building in Afghanistan and its regional consequences4036679UNINA