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- Title
THE ‘UNCONQUERABLE' AFGHANISTAN: A PLACE WHERE EMPIRES COME TO DIE AND THE ‘THIRD GREAT GAME'?
- Authors
Antonopoulos, Paul
- Abstract
The strategic location of Afghanistan at the foot of the Hindu Kush and being the entry point connecting Central Asia, South Asia and the Middle East together, has meant the country has always been the centre of imperial conquest and rivalry. Despite many great empires having come, or attempted so, to Afghanistan, including the Persians, Greeks, British, Russians and Americans, all have struggled or failed to subjugate the Afghans, giving the country a reputation as being ‘unconquerable'. The paper explores the question of whether Afghanistan is unconquerable and whether it is a place where empires see the beginning of their end. Through this context, we begin with the Anglo-Afghan Wars and go right through to the contemporary where the ‘Third Great Game' is taking place between the Great Powers of the US, Russia and China, as well as regional powers Iran, Pakistan and India, to have influence over Afghanistan and the greater Central Asian region.
- Subjects
AFGHANISTAN; CENTRAL Asia; GREAT Game (Anglo-Russian relations); GREAT powers (International relations); IMPERIALISM
- Publication
Romanian Review of Eurasian Studies / Revista Română de Studii Eurasiatice, 2018, Vol 14, Issue 1/2, p229
- ISSN
1841-477X
- Publication type
Article