http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/ en http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/detour-needed-the-new-silk-road-and-a-false-hope-for-a-troubled-afghanistan <span>Detour Needed: The &#039;New Silk Road&#039; and a False Hope for a Troubled Afghanistan</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Thu, 06/20/2013 - 3:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> While impressive on paper, in practice the NSR is a hollow concept that will not translate into any substantial economic benefits for Central Asians, Afghans, or Pakistanis.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/detour-needed-the-new-silk-road-and-a-false-hope-for-a-troubled-afghanistan" rel="tag" title="Detour Needed: The &#039;New Silk Road&#039; and a False Hope for a Troubled Afghanistan" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Detour Needed: The &#039;New Silk Road&#039; and a False Hope for a Troubled Afghanistan</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/detour-needed-the-new-silk-road-and-a-false-hope-for-a-troubled-afghanistan#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">4 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/915/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1665503477" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 14144 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com