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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">18878</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2018-18-2-259-272</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">POST-SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA AND AFGHANISTAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE MAJOR ASIAN STATES’ INTERESTS</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>ПОСТСОВЕТСКАЯ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНАЯ АЗИЯ И АФГАНИСТАН КАК СФЕРА ПЕРЕСЕЧЕНИЯ ИНТЕРЕСОВ КРУПНЫХ АЗИАТСКИХ ГОСУДАРСТВ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Malysheva</surname><given-names>Dina Borisovna</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Малышева</surname><given-names>Дина Борисовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Section, Centre for Post-Soviet Studies, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relation, Russian Academy of Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор политических наук, зав. cектором Центральной Азии Национального исследовательского института мировой экономики и международных отношений им. Е.М. Примакова Российской академии наук</p></bio><email>dsheva@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relation</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский институт мировой экономики и международных отношений им. Е.М. Примакова РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Central Asia: “geopolitical pluralism” and the quest for regional identity</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Центральная Азия: "геополитический плюрализм" и поиск региональной идентичности</issue-title><fpage>259</fpage><lpage>272</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2018-07-17"><day>17</day><month>07</month><year>2018</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2018, Malysheva D.B.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2018, Малышева Д.Б.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Malysheva D.B.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Малышева Д.Б.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/18878">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/18878</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is analyzing the current situation in Afghanistan; it reveals the challenges and risks that emanate from this conflict zone and affect the security sphere of the five post-Soviet states of Central Asia (CA) and their Asian neighbors. Attention is paid to the growth of drug trafficking and the terrorist threat from Afghanistan by the “Islamic state” (IS, a terrorist group banned in Russia). The diplomatic initiatives taken by Russia, China, and other states to achieve national reconciliation in Afghanistan are considered. Military-political and economic projects in Central Asia (“One Belt, One Way”, and “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor”), which are alternatives to the Russia-initiated integration in the sphere of economy (Eurasian Economic Union - EAEU) and security (the Collective Security Treaty Organization - CSTO) are analyzed taking into account the rivalry within the China-India-Pakistan triangle. In connection with the recent changes in the Asian strategy of the United States, the peculiarities of India-Pakistan interaction with the post-Soviet states of Central Asia and with Afghanistan have been revealed. The chronological framework of the article is а period following the partial withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 of the American military contingent, brought to the beginning of 2018, when a new geopolitical reality began to form in the Central Asian region.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье дается оценка сложившейся в Афганистане обстановки, выявляются исходящие из этой конфликтной зоны вызовы и риски, воздействующие на сферу безопасности пяти государств постсоветской Центральной Азии (ЦА) и их азиатских соседей. Уделено внимание росту наркотрафика и террористической угрозы из Афганистана, исходящей от «Исламского государства» (ИГ, запрещенная в РФ террористическая группировка). Рассмотрены дипломатические инициативы России, Китая, других государств по достижению национального примирения в Афганистане. С учетом соперничества в рамках треугольника Китай - Индия - Пакистан анализируются затрагивающие интересы ЦА военно-политические и экономические проекты («Один пояс, один путь», «Китайско-пакистанский экономический коридор»), являющиеся альтернативами инициируемой Россией в ЦА интеграции в сфере экономики (Евразийский экономический союз - ЕАЭС) и безопасности (Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности - ОДКБ). В связи с недавними изменениями в азиатской стратегии США выявлены особенности взаимодействия Индии и Пакистана с постсоветскими государствами Центральной Азии и с Афганистаном. Хронологически статья охватывает период с 2014 г., когда начался частичный вывод из Афганистана американского воинского контингента, и до начала 2018 г. - складывания в Центрально-Азиатском регионе новой геополитической реальности.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>the post-Soviet Central Asia</kwd><kwd>Afghanistan</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>regional security</kwd><kwd>“One Belt, One Way”</kwd><kwd>“the China Pakistan Economic Corridor”</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>постсоветская Центральная Азия</kwd><kwd>Афганистан</kwd><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>региональная безопасность</kwd><kwd>«Один пояс</kwd><kwd>один путь»</kwd><kwd>«Китайско-пакистанский экономический коридор»</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Afghanistan in 2017. A Survey of the Afghan People. (2017). The Asia Foundation. 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