Afghanistan in 2004: Electoral progress and an opium boom
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The year 2004 in Afghanistan experienced a moderate Constitution passed on January 4, 2004 and successful presidential elections held in October 2004 that created a new cabinet dominated by technocrats in late December 2004. In between, slow progress on reconstruction and state building was threatened by continuing insecurity and the presence of booming opium crop.
Publication Name: Asian Survey
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0004-4687
Year: 2005
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The virtues and potential gains of continental trade in Eurasia
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The Eurasian continent has opened its trade barriers from a regional base to a continental one and the positive impacts of this have been discussed.
Publication Name: Asian Survey
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0004-4687
Year: 2007
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