Iran's Policy Towards Afghanistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10278969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mohsen M Milani (University of South Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-279 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Middle East Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3141 • E-ISSN: 1940-3461 |
| Publisher | The Middle East Journal (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3751/60.2.12 |
| OpenAlex | W1505897126 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
Since 1979, Iran's objectives in Afghanistan have changed as Afghanistan's domestic landscape changed. Still, Iran has consistently sought to see a stable and independent Afghanistan,with Herat as a buffer zone and with a Tehran friendly government in Kabul,a government that reflects the rich ethnic diversity of the country. Toward those and other goals, Iran has created "spheres of influence" inside Afghanistan. During the Soviet occupation (1979-88), Iran created an "ideological sphere of influence" by empowering the Shi'ites. Iran then created a "political sphere of influence" by unifying the Dari/Persian-speaking minorities, who ascended to power. Iranian policies added fuel to the ferocious civil war in the 1990s. Astonishingly slow to recognize the threat posed by the Taliban, Iran helped create a "sphere of resistance" to counter the "Kabul- Islamabad-Riyad" axis by supporting the Northern Alliance. Since the liberation of Afghanistan, Iran has also established an "economic sphere of influence" by engaging in the reconstruction of Afghanistan Today, Iran's goals are to pressure the Afghan government to distance itself from Washington, and for Iran to become the hub for the transit of goods and services between the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, Central Asia, India, and China. While Iran has been guilty of extremism and adventurism in some critical aspects of foreign policy, its overall Afghan policy has more to moderation and stability than to extremism and instability
Afghan · Alliance · Ancient history · Archaeology · Central government · China · Development economics · Foreign policy · Geography · Government (linguistics · Islam · Local government · Middle East · Persian · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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Afghanistan’s ‘Political Insecurity’ and the Emerging Geopolitical Calculus in Eurasia
Education of Afghan refugee children in Iran
The Research of the Foreign Relations of the Afghanistan Taliban during the First Administration
The geopolitical overlay of the hydropolitics of the Harirud River Basin
Towards a non-Western model of security assistance
The Transformation of the Afghan Refugee
Representations of Afghans in the Iranian Cinema
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |