The Burke Chair at #CSIS is issuing a series of new analyses of this competition, and the new report entitled US and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Impact of #Afghanistan, Central Asia, and #Pakistan is now available on the CSIS web site at csis.org/files/publication/130626_AfPak_Asia.pdf. This new report provides a detailed analysis of #Iran’s political and economic links to Afghanistan, as well as to Pakistan, #India, and each of the Central Asian states. It identifies how each such relationship is both effected by -- and can shape -- #US-Iranian competition. It explains Tehran’s links to western Afghanistan, its unique relationship with the Taliban, and the importance of Iran for facilitating key exports from the region. It highlights how the US-Iranian competition impacts Iran-Pakistan relations, and the threats that closer Iran-Pakistan ties could pose to US security interests. It also focuses on Iran’s relations with India and each Central Asian state. As the US and its NATO allies prepare to withdraw most of their forces from Afghanistan in 2014, the competition with Iran, tensions with Pakistan, India’s strategic ties to Iran, and the decline in US aid and military ties to Central Asia could all change the nature of US and Iranian strategic competition in this region. #CentralAsia
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:49:12 +0000
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