http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).10
10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).10
Published : Jun 2021
New Perspectives on China's Evolving Relations with Afghanistan
Afghanistan lies within the second and third of four-concentric security circles of China and is very important as the region for stability in the western part of China. The post 9/11 periods marked by the shifts in policies generally by the world and particularly by neighboring countries of Afghanistan: China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, and Tajikistan. By reviewing China's non-interventionist policy, the question arises here: what is China's engagement policy towards Afghanistan?The research intends to address the question by analyzing Sion-Afghanistan's economic, diplomatic and security relations. The research finds that China's policy evolves very slowly from calculated indifference to aggressive engagement in Afghanistan.
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China, Afghanistan, BRI, The New Neighborhood Policy, Afghan Peace Process
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(1) Muhammad Nauman Akhter
PhD International Politics, Shandong University, China
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APA : Akhter, M. N. (2021). New Perspectives on China's Evolving Relations with Afghanistan. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI(II), 96-106. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).10
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CHICAGO : Akhter, Muhammad Nauman. 2021. "New Perspectives on China's Evolving Relations with Afghanistan." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI (II): 96-106 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).10
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HARVARD : AKHTER, M. N. 2021. New Perspectives on China's Evolving Relations with Afghanistan. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI, 96-106.
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MHRA : Akhter, Muhammad Nauman. 2021. "New Perspectives on China's Evolving Relations with Afghanistan." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI: 96-106
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OXFORD : Akhter, Muhammad Nauman (2021), "New Perspectives on China's Evolving Relations with Afghanistan", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI (II), 96-106
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TURABIAN : Akhter, Muhammad Nauman. "New Perspectives on China's Evolving Relations with Afghanistan." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review VI, no. II (2021): 96-106. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-II).10