| Portion of title |
Swiss good offices in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992 |
| Series |
New perspectives on the Cold War, 2452-2260 ;
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| Contents |
Swiss neutrality and solidarity from 1946 to 1979 -- Switzerland's guarded response to the invasion of Afghanistan, 1979-1980 -- Swiss humanitarian aid to Pakistan and the expulsion of the ICRC from Afghanistan, 1980-1982 -- The transfer of Soviet POWs from Afghanistan to Switzerland, 1982-1986 -- The repatriation of Soviet POWs and the return of the ICRC to Afghanistan, 1986-1987 -- The 1986 referendum on Swiss UN membership and the 1988 Geneva Accords on Afghanistan -- Swiss mediation in Afghanistan, 1990-1992 -- Swiss neutrality and solidarity at the end of the Cold War. |
| Abstract |
"After 1979, Switzerland became increasingly involved in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan as a provider of humanitarian aid and good offices. It delivered aid to the region, hosted Soviet prisoners of war and eventually mediated between the Afghan regime and the mujahideen. What is puzzling about this development is that initially, following the Soviet invasion, both government and parliament refused to become diplomatically involved in Afghanistan on account of Swiss neutrality. The present study investigates how and why this changed between 1979 and 1992. While the practical impact of Switzerland's good offices was modest, the crisis revealed that Switzerland continued to struggle to balance the competing imperatives of permanent neutrality and international solidarity in an increasingly multilateral world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Stadler, Liliane, 1991- Between neutrality and solidarity Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2024] 9789004690660 |
| LCCN | 2023054330 |
| ISBN | 9789004690653 |
| ISBN | 9004690654 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
