Central Asia-Afghanistan Relationship From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives

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