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Is the phenomenon of state failure better understood through a
focus on the regional context? To what extent may studies of
regional security benefit from a focus on the capacities and
vulnerabilities of the states involved? These are the questions
addressed in this volume of "Comparative Social Research".
Substantially, this special issue operates at the intersection of
the larger debates on state failure and on regional (in-) security,
relating to various perspectives within each of these. State
failure, manifesting itself in the inability of a state to maintain
its monopoly of violence, has become a widespread phenomenon in
several regions of the world. While the weakness of the
institutions of the state in question is an obvious dimension of
state failure, there is also an important international dimension.
In many of these cases, conflicts are interwoven and violence
spills across borders.
This volume takes stock of the present state of Humanitarian Mine
Action (HMA), looking at lessons that have been learned with the
aim of further strengthening policies and practices in the future.
It draws on the most recent findings from scholarly research and
field programmes. Among the contributors are academics,
decision-makers and practitioners.
This volume takes stock of the present state of Humanitarian Mine
Action (HMA), looking at lessons that have been learned with the
aim of further strengthening policies and practices in the future.
It draws on the most recent findings from scholarly research and
field programmes. Among the contributors are academics,
decision-makers and practitioners.
What drives neighbouring states to intervene in the Afghan
conflict? This book challenges mainstream analyses which place
Afghanistan at the centre - the so-called 'heart' - of a large pan-
Asian region whose fate is predicated on Afghan stability. Instead
Harpviken and Tadjbakhsh situ--ate Afghanistan on the margins of
three regional security complexes - those of South Asia, Central
Asia, and the Persian Gulf - each characterised by deep security
rivalries, which, in turn, informs their engagement in Afghanistan.
Within Central Asia, security cooperation is hampered by
competition for regional supremacy and great power support, a
dynamic reflected in these states' half-hearted role in
Afghanistan. In the Persian Gulf, Iran and Saudi Arabia fight for
economic and political influence, mirrored in their Afghan
engagements; while long-standing Indo-Pakistani ri--valries are
perennially played out in Afghanistan. Based on a careful reading
of the recent political and economic history of the region, and of
Great Power rivalry beyond it, the authors explain why efforts to
build a comprehensive Afghanistan-centric regional security order
have failed, and what might be done to re-set inter-state
relations.
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