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The article discusses the regional connectedness of political contention in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Countries in the region experienced various levels of political contention during last twenty years. Besides, these political contentions have developed significant cross-border effects. The article lays out the extent to which countries in the region have economic, social and informational connectedness, and then discusses political volatility in each of them. Using the theoretical framework of the social movements literature, emphasizing the concepts of resource mobilization, opportunity structures and framing, the article discusses whether various social movements and actors in the region are connected primarily along the militant and religious dimensions or not. The article claims that most of the contentions in the region have mainly external rather than diffusion effects. This explains the instances of cross-border consequences of contentious actions throughout the region.
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