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Contemporary Central Asia: societies, politics, and cultures

Introduction / Marlène Laruelle

Part I. The legacy of the Soviet intervention

Central Asian soldiers and the Soviet war in Afghanistan: an introduction / Artemy M. Kalinovsky

A oral history of the Soviet-Afghan War: interviews with Central Asian Afgantsy / Marlène Laruelle, Botagoz Rakisheva, Gulden Ashkenova, and Artemy M. Kalinovsky

Part II. Afghanistan's northern neighbors: perceptions and challenges

Afghanistan's multicentered regional foreign policy / Antonio Giustozzi

Russia's policy on Afghanistan / Ekaterina Stepanova

Assessing Uzbekistan's and Tajikistan's Afghan policies: the impact of domestic drivers / Marlene Laruelle

Insurgent activities at the Afghan-Turkmen and Afghan-Tajik borders / Bruce Pannier

Part III. The Silk Road Initiative as a US project for Central Asia and Afghanistan

Parsing mobilities in Central Eurasia / Alexander C. Diener

The US Silk Road: geopolitical imaginary or the repackaging of strategic interests? / Marlène Laruelle

The new Silk Road Initiative's questionable economic rationality / Sebastien Peyrouse and Gaël Raballand.

Asia, Central > Foreign relations > Afghanistan.

Afghanistan > Foreign relations > Asia, Central.

Afghanistan > Foreign relations > 2001-

Asia, Central > Foreign relations > 1991-

Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 > Influence.