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1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects.
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Afghanistan. |
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Strategic culture -- Afghanistan.
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Strategic culture. |
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Internal security -- Afghanistan.
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Internal security. |
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Postwar reconstruction -- Afghanistan.
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Postwar reconstruction. |
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Terrorism -- Afghanistan -- Prevention.
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Geopolitics -- Asia.
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Asia. |
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Security, International -- Asia.
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Terrorism. |
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Geopolitics. |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia. |
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Security, International. |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General. |
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Strategic aspects of individual places. |
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Terrorism -- Prevention. |
| Added Author |
Gunaratna, Rohan, 1961- editor.
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Woodall, Douglas, 1971- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Afghanistan after the Western Drawdown. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015] 9781442245051 (DLC) 2014038835 |
| ISBN |
9781442245068 (ebook) |
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1442245069 |
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9781442245068 (electronic) |
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9781442245051 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1442245050 |
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