A Tangle of Nations and Conflicts (January 2000)
National, bilateral and multilateral conflicts
overlap in Central Asia. Moscow's influence has waned, especially in Afghanistan,
where the Taliban came to power with the support of Washington. In the
east and south, the various border disputes between India, China and Pakistan
make the region even more dangerous, because of the presence of nuclear
weapons.
Sources : The Military Balance 1999-2000,
IISS, Brassey's, London, 1999; The World Bank Atlas 1999-2000, World Bank,
Washington, 1999.