It is only a matter of time before Biden announces yet another Quad comprising the United States, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Continue readingChina Reveals Its Strategic Perspective on the New Era for Afghanistan
Beijing will not make a military intervention and repeat the mistake that former Soviet Union and the United States made in modern history, despite being a stakeholder in Kabul’s stability.
Continue readingCivil War in Afghanistan Will Threaten Afghanistan, China and Pakistan
Dialogue among Kabul, Beijing and Islamabad is central to any hope for peace.
Continue readingUnited States Withdraws From Afghanistan? Not Really
What will it actually take for the two-decades long war in Afghanistan to end and for Afghanis to finally live in peace?
Continue readingThe U.S. Is Trying to Light the Match of Islamic Extremism in China’s Xinjiang
The information war now conducted by the United States against China centers on Xinjiang. Once again, the United State uses longstanding problems—such as the rise of extremism in Central Asia (fueled to some extent by the United State since the 1980s)—to create problems for its adversaries.
Continue readingIndia and Pakistan on the Road to Peace
The prospects are brighter than ever that an orderly Afghan transition in the coming weeks or months is entirely conceivable.
Continue readingIndia’s Forever Wars and Forever Warriors
Vested interests and entrenched official mindsets drive military conflicts in Afghanistan and on India-China border.
Continue readingTaliban Risks Losing International Legitimacy
Insurgents do rounds of key states to shore up support as new U.S. administration reviews Afghanistan Doha peace process.
Continue readingU.S.-Pakistan Reset Boosts Biden’s Afghan Plan
New U.S. administration seeks to preserve Trump’s Doha pact with the Taliban with a few important tweaks.
Continue readingThe Endgame in Afghanistan Is Near
The fact of the matter is that the Afghan government’s survival depends on U.S. financial and military support.
Continue readingAn SCO Scuffle with U.S. in Central Asia
For long, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has been a center of geopolitical intrigue among powers great and small.
Continue readingDon’t Threaten Afghans—It Will Be Counterproductive
Washington is ratcheting up the pressure on Kabul by forewarning that it will prevail upon the international community to join hands with the U.S. by making all aid to Afghanistan conditional on cooperative behavior by the Afghan political elites.
Continue readingHas America Reached Its Endgame in Afghanistan?
Trump’s patience has run out and the US is ‘proceeding with the withdrawal of its forces’
Continue readingThe Prospect of Peace in Afghanistan Is Real—And Pakistan Is the Key Player
No deal can be done without Islamabad’s involvement, but it comes with conditions
Continue readingIs the World About to Witness the End of the War in Afghanistan?
India stays quiet as South Asian geopolitics transforms with far-reaching consequences
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