Mapping the Sources of Tension and the Interests of Regional Powers in Afghanistan and Pakistan

 This Mapping Document draws on ten expert papers commissioned under the CIDOB project “Sources of Tension in Afghanistan & Pakistan: A Regional Per­spective” (STAP RP), together with the analytical outputs of project round table seminars and in-region research (September 2011-November 2012); and inter­views with a wide range of stakeholders in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Europe over the same period. The document schematically summarizes policy research findings on the sources of tension with regional implications that affect Af­ghanistan and Pakistan; and identifies the interests of, and related “red lines” for, the five main implicated regional powers: India, Iran, Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.

36 pp.