Akbarzadeh, Shahram - In: Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs 1 (2014) 1, pp. 63-78
The fall of the Taliban in 2001 presented Iran with a complex strategic situation. On the one hand, the removal of the … Taliban promised to open up new opportunities for Iran to expand its influence, based on historical and cultural ties between … Iran and Afghanistan. On the other hand, the 2001 operation brought the United States (US) to the region. The large scale …