THE PRESENT AFGHAN CONFLICT. A GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE AFGHAN SPACE Cover Image

CONFLICTUL DIN AFGANISTAN (2001-prezent). O ANALIZĂ GEOPOLITICĂ A SPAŢIULUI AFGANISTANULUI
THE PRESENT AFGHAN CONFLICT. A GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE AFGHAN SPACE

Author(s): Cătălina Todor
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: geopolitics; conflict; position; contextual elements

Summary/Abstract: Although currently we are in a time when cooperation and interdependence is among the most important international concerns, the states of conflict and the existence of war are very present realities, one of the best examples being the present conflict in Afghanistan. The analysis of contextual elements and of the geopolitical stakes of this conflict have arisen our interest especially for the fact that, in addition to its positioning among the major conflicts, as the analyses of the Institute for International Conflict Research Hildeberg show, it is a conflict in which at international level, considerable investments have been made ​​and the expected results, at least the less formal ones, are far from being fulfilled. Therefore, this study will focus on the two elements of the analysis mentioned above, in the attempt to provide a more complex understanding of the geopolitical situation of the Afghan space.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 110-118
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian
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