Peace studies & conflict resolution

Regional Politics and the Prospects for Stability in Afghanistan

by Sunil Dasgupta

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As the United States plans its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the stage is set for a balance-of-power contest between India and Pakistan that could fuel another civil war in the country. This report details the nature of the tension between India and Pakistan over Afghanistan and outlines steps that the U.S. government can take to avoid another conflict there.

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Sunil Dasgupta is director of the University of Maryland Baltimore County’s political science program at the Universities at Shady Grove and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He teaches political science, international affairs, and security studies and writes on military strategy, organization, and operations. He is coauthor of Arming without Aiming: India’s Military Modernization and is presently working on a project investigating Chinese and Indian grand strategic approaches.

United States Institute of Peace

United States Institute of Peace

The United States Insitute of Peace was created by the US congress as a federally funded press creating works to prevent and resolve global conflict by providing education and resources to work towards peace.

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  • Publisher United States Institute of Peace
  • Publication Date May 2013
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781601271761
  • Publication Country or regionUnited States
  • FormatEbook
  • Pages28
  • ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • SeriesPeaceworks
  • Series Part86

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