China Ponders Post-2014 Afghanistan

Neither "All In" nor Bystander

Andrew Scobell

ResearchPosted on rand.org Jun 28, 2016Published in: Asian Survey, v. 55, no. 2, Mar./Apr. 2015, p. 325-345

Since 2001, China has warily watched the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and associated footprint in Central Asia. In 2014, Beijing grew alarmed that a U.S. exit would prompt a resurgence of violence and Islamic radicalism in Afghanistan that could spill over into neighboring states, including China.

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  • Copyright: Regents of the University of California
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2015
  • Pages: 21
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: EP-66519

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