CIAO DATE: 08/2014
November 2013
While attention focuses on US nuclear talks with Iran, an improved US-Iran relationship could have major benefits for another US priority: shoring up stability in Afghanistan during the 2014 withdrawal of most US and NATO forces. A new South Asia Center issue brief by Fatemeh Aman and Barbara Slavin, “Iran, Afghanistan, and South Asia: Resolving Regional Sources of Instability,” examines Iran’s relations with its eastern neighbors and suggests steps to deal with acute challenges - including scarce and poorly managed water resources, energy imbalances, ethnic insurgencies, and drug trafficking - that could be alleviated by US-backed regional solutions.
Resource link: Iran, Afghanistan, and South Asia: Resolving Regional Sources of Instability [PDF] - 360K