19 JOURNAL - OF THE SPANISH INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Two such examples are “Kaliningrad: a Russian strate- gic enclave in the midst of tension with NATO and the EU” by José Ignacio VILLAR ROMERO, which highlights the indisputable geostrategic importance of the former Könisberg; and “A conflictive interdependence: the Gazprom-Europe relationship” by Guillermo ABIO VILLEGAS, on the use of gas as a means of pressure in the conflict unleashed in the hea. [...] Joaquín GARRO DOMEÑO, in “The just war and the responsibility of protection on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the intervention in Libya”, studies the international operation from the point of view of the morality and ethics of just war, leaving the legal aspects to international law specialists. [...] For this reason, this article will analyse issues that complement the already abundant literature on the Afghan question: the impact of the vestiges of the Cold War on today’s Afghanistan; the complex Afghan-Pakistani ecosystem and how it fits into the regional balance of power; the problems of corruption and drug traffic- king in Afghanistan’s accelerated modernisation; and the possible geopoliti. [...] Finally, the third effect of the anti-Soviet jihad was the consolidation of the terrorist ecosystem to fight the Afghan government. [...] The second backbone of the ecosystem is the Pashtunistan region, the land of the Pashtun ethnic group, which straddles the Afghan-Pakistan border, divided by the Durand line mentioned above.