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The entire region from North Africa – where Morocco was involved in the Western Sahara war – to the Indian subcontinent formed an 'arch of instability'. The Arab-Israeli conflict, the Indo-Pakistani confrontation over Kashmir and the Afghanistan-Pakistan dispute over Pushtunistan were only the most important minefields that threatened the region. In the middle of all this, Iran was a veritable heaven of tranquility with good relations with all of the region's states. (p. 208) (it) |
