Great games and small: Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the new geopolitics of Southwest Asia
An analysis of the new geopolitics in Southwest Asia, in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, which seeks to offer a counterbalance to the present stereotypes. Whereas those assume the ongoing developments in Southwest Asia to be a conflict between Islam and secularism the article holds that it is a conflict...
| Published in: | Middle East policy |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell
1997
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| In: |
Middle East policy
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| Further subjects: | B
Tadschikistan
B Bürgerkrieg B Afghanistan B Einflussgröße B Politischer Wandel B Politischer Islam B Paschtunen B Nationalbewusstsein B Geopolitik B Zentralasien B Minderheitenfrage |
| Summary: | An analysis of the new geopolitics in Southwest Asia, in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, which seeks to offer a counterbalance to the present stereotypes. Whereas those assume the ongoing developments in Southwest Asia to be a conflict between Islam and secularism the article holds that it is a conflict between national and ethnic interests. It henceforth argues that the Taliban in Afghanistan are not an Islamist movement which could be compared to Islamist movements in Iran or elsewhere but a Pashtun traditionalist movement which seeks the restoration of its tribal village life. (DÜI-Mjr) |
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| ISSN: | 1061-1924 |
| Contains: | In: Middle East policy
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