Introduction, Marlene Laruelle
Part I: The Legacy of the Soviet Intervention
Chapter 1: Central Asian Soldiers and the Soviet War in
Afghanistan: An Introduction, Artemy M. Kalinovsky
Chapter 2: A Oral History of the Soviet–Afghan War: Interviews with
Central Asian Afgantsy, Marlene Laruelle, Botagoz Rakisheva, Gulden
Ashkenova, and Artemy M. Kalinovsky
Part II: Afghanistan’s Northern Neighbors: Perceptions and
Challenges
Chapter 3: Afghanistan’s Multicentered Regional Foreign Policy,
Antonio Giustozzi
Chapter 4; Russia’s Policy on Afghanistan, Ekaterina Stepanova
Chapter 5: Assessing Uzbekistan’s and Tajikistan’s Afghan Policies:
The Impact of Domestic Drivers, Marlene Laruelle
Chapter 6: 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
Chapter 7: Parsing Mobilities in Central Eurasia, Alexander C.
Diener
Chapter 8: The US Silk Road: Geopolitical Imaginary or the
Repackaging of Strategic Interests?, Marlene Laruelle
Chapter 9: The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic
Rationality, Sebastien Peyrouse and Gaël Raballand
Marlene Laruelle is research professor, director of the Central Asia Program, and associate director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University.
This book is a wonderful study that tackles a question most Central
Asia experts sidestep: What does being in Afghanistan’s
neighborhood mean exactly? Marlene Laruelle has convened a unique
group of experts to answer this question head on and, along the
way, channels her deep knowledge of Central Asia and Russia to
Afghanistan. The result is an excellent collection of essays that
temper predictions of a region on the verge of collapse and make it
clear that Afghanistan’s neighbors have been no more and no less
difficult to live next to than Afghanistan itself. The book is
thought-provoking reading for the world’s diplomats who will
inevitably have to rethink policies in Central Asia and Afghanistan
in the coming years.
*George Gavrilis, author of The Dynamics of Interstate
Boundaries*
In this timely and well-edited volume, The Central Asia–Afghanistan
Relationship: From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road
Initiatives, Marlene Laruelle brings together a diverse group of
academics and regional experts to explain the often overlooked
dynamics that exist between Afghanistan and its northern neighbors.
The contributions offer a range of perspectives on the often
tumultuous relationships Afghanistan has had (and hopes to have)
with the states of Central Asia. Often, these were framed by the
actions of outside powers, but increasingly, the countries
themselves are shaping it. In this volume, the contributors
demonstrate intimate knowledge of the region, providing data,
explanations of events, and more locally-derived explanations for
what has transpired over the past several decades. Historians and
policy experts—especially those who are working to bring stability
and connectivity to Afghanistan—will find Marlene Laruelle’s latest
effort to be essential reading.
*Roger D. Kangas, National Defense University*
The long understudied and misunderstood set of relationships,
current trends, and threats in Central Asia and Afghanistan point
to what is likely to be a regional security flashpoint that may
abruptly surprise us all. Marlene Laruelle has brought together
some of the world's top scholars on Central Asia and Afghanistan to
produce this authoritative look at this region and its fragile
security relationships. This collection should be a must read for
those studying the region.
*Raffaello Pantucci, Royal United Services Institute for Defence
and Security Studies*
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