Ekaterina Stepanova: Afghanistan after 2014: The Way Forward for Russia
... itself assesses and balances its own security concerns in the region: instability, extremism and narcotics. At the same time the spill-over of violence and extremism does not pose a direct threat to Russia itself for whom the main implications of U.S./NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan are in Central Asia. Moscow’s main strategy to address potential cross-border repercussions for its Central Asian allies and the increase in Western back-up and transit-related presence in Central Asia is to intensify ...
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- 17.05.2013 19:07:00