Geopolitics, as far as it is going to operate in Asia, especially in the heartland areas of Central Asia, is not going to be purely geopolitics of the old style or great power rivalries alone but will be driven by a number of other considerations, Srinath Raghavan, historian and author, said.
Speaking at a discussion on the theme of the book The Comrades and the Mullahs-China, Afghanistan and the New Asian Geopolitics written by Ananth Krishnan and Stanly Johny, Mr. Raghavan said the competition would be driven by a number of constrictions, which, in some ways, is what the United States-China rivalry was all about today.
“The competition is more about patterns of development, technology, innovation and really who can present their system to be more acceptable. In that sense, Afghanistan will remain an important laboratory within which to observe the new geopolitical rivalry between the U.S. and China play up,” he said.
