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Intro -- BUFFER STATES POWER POLICIES, FOREIGN POLICIES AND CONCEPTS -- BUFFER STATES POWER POLICIES, FOREIGN POLICIES AND CONCEPTS -- IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter One THE BUFFER CONCEPT -- Chapter Two THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNO-CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BUFFER STATES -- Chapter Three THE GEOPOLITICAL LOCATION OF BUFFER STATES. GEORGIA - A BUFFER? -- Chapter Four THE POWER AND THE WEAKNESS OF BUFFER STATES -- Chapter Five POWER POLITICS AND BUFFER STATES -- Chapter Six THE FOREIGN POLICIES OF BUFFER STATES -- Chapter Seven THE BUFFER SYSTEM -- CONCLUSION -- ANNEX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOREIGN POLICIES OF BLACK AFRICAN STATES TOWARD INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS IN THE MIDDLE 1960'S IS EMPLOYED IN A PARTIAL TEST OF A THEORY OF THE FOREIGN POLICIES OF SUBORDINATE STATES IN ASYMMETRICAL DYADS. FINDINGS CONFIRM THE IMPORTANCE OF STRUCTURAL ASYMMETRY AS A SCOPE CONDITION ON THE THEORY BUT OFFER LIMITED SUPPORT FOR THE USE OF ECONOMIC STRENGTH IN EXPLAINING FOREIGN POLICY.

Although some Middle Eastern countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey, have tried to influence developments in Afghanistan from time to time, Iran-due to a long common history, geographic proximity, and cultural similarities-is by far Afghanistan's most important neighbor. In this article I seek to demonstrate that Iran, contrary to its image and often even more consistently than pro-Western countries such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey, has since 1979 acted in favor of an independent, centrally and moderately governed Afghanistan. Therefore, Iran will probably also be a stabilizing factor rather than a spoiler in every post-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) scenario in Kabul.(As Perspective)