United States-Afghanistan policy perspective: An imperialist lens on the politics of Asia pacific from 1933 to 2013
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https://doi.org/10.71085/sss.04.03.326Keywords:
Af-Pak Strategy, Imperialist, Indian Ocean, Policy Perspective, Punitive ResponseAbstract
The qualitative research work indicates perspectives of American policy towards Afghanistan during 1933-2013. How the United States as a super power has played its effective and domineering role in the regional and geo-strategic environment? What were the major American concerns and repercussion on the eve of the Russian invasion in Afghanistan in Dec 1979? What were the major options for the United States to bring its rival superpower Soviet Union former on back foot through the application of soft and coercive diplomacy? How much the United States has invested and gained from Afghan wars 1979 and 2001 as the dominant power in the Indian Ocean? The study includes certain contemporary developments i.e. the US strategic and regional response towards Taliban in Afghanistan, the US AF-PAK Strategy, the Dialogue and coercive diplomacy in the context of US role and policy paradigm shift during the pre and post 9/11 environment as the leading contents of the study.
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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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