AFGHANISTAN POST-2014. THE UNITED STATES’ NEW SILK ROAD AND ENERGY BENCHMARKS
AFGHANISTAN POST-2014. THE UNITED STATES’ NEW SILK ROAD AND ENERGY BENCHMARKS

Summary/Abstract: The topic on Afghanistan, as well as the opportunities and the challenges for the development and security of the environment, inspires a more economic- and geopolitical- oriented approach. By extolling both primary and secondary resources, within a cross-disciplinary setting, the aim of the paper conspicuously gravitates around the withdrawal of the NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014 and the subsequent effort to find sustainable alternatives for the country, pursuits broadly referred to what was called the “decade of transformation” for Afghanistan (2014-2024). The efforts emphasized by the US and allies refer mainly to Afghanistan’s ability to buttress state-building measures and to provide stability to and through the neighbour countries, under the corollary of the New Silk Road proposed project and its subsidiary energy démarche, such as TAPI. However, whether positive outcome can become factual or whether hindrances weigh more regarding these proposals, it still lies below a blurry horizon for Afghanistan, as it is dependent on many endogenous and exogenous variables, inseparable from regional geopolitics.

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