Iran’s Nontraditional Security Challenges under the Taliban Rule

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ID21793437
AuthorsMohsen Solhdoost (0000-0002-4924-6947, The University of Queensland, corresponding author), Mahmoud Pargoo (0000-0001-8279-3152, Deakin University)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue1
Pages146-151
Publication date2022-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1758-5880 • E-ISSN: 1758-5899
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1758-5899.13038
OpenAlexW4220688584
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

Strong historical, cultural, linguistic, and religious affinities have bound Iran and Afghanistan within the greater Middle East region. With the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover in August 2021, Iran is likely to face the exacerbation of existing nontraditional security challenges and the emergence of new threats. Iran continues to deal with drug trafficking, an influx of refugees and economic migrants, and terrorism caused partly by more than four decades of war in Afghanistan. Although Iranian authorities have cheered the United States (US) pullout and expressed cautious optimism about the Taliban, Tehran's choice of policy toward Afghanistan and its new rulers remains to be decided. Iran is likely to continue a policy of engagement with the Taliban unless the government in Kabul realigns with Tehran's adversaries and poses security threats to Iran. In the latter situation, Iran, resorting to proxy sponsorship, is likely to model its Afghanistan policy on its Iraq policy

Development economics · Economics · Middle East · Optimism · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · War on terror · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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