Afghanistan’s decentralised regional foreign policy

in Central Asian Affairs
Author: Antonio Giustozzi 1
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  • 1 1London School of Economics antonio.giustozzi@googlemail.com
Online Publication Date:
18 Apr 2014
Volume/Issue:
Volume 1: Issue 1
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/22142290-00101006
Keywords:
Afghanistan; foreign policy; Pakistan; China; India; Iran
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Afghanistan's lack of a state monopoly of violence reflects on its foreign policy in a number of ways. First, various non-state organizations developing their own relations with foreign countries. Second, enforcing coherent policy making within the institutions of the Afghan state itself has been sometimes problematic as officials could rely on the patronage of organizations external to the state to delay the implementation of official policies. This article discusses the cases of Afghan foreign policy towards Pakistan, India, China and Iran.

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Central Asian Affairs
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2214-2290
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Page Count:
71–89
Subjects:
Area Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies
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© 2014 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands 2014
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