Afghanistan’s decentralised regional foreign policy

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.

Author

• Giustozzi, Antonio

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.1163/22142290-00101006

Keyword

• Afghanistan
• China
• India
• Pakistan
• Central Asian Affairs Journal
• foreign policy
• Iran

Date created

• 2014

Related url

•  https://brill.com/view/journals/caa/caa-overview.xml

Type of Work

• Article

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Central Asia Program

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/work/1r66j1883

In Collection:

• Central Asian Affairs

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