Diplomacy and the Taliban
The Taliban's victory put many countries in an awkward position. They encountered the dilemma, whether to recognize the reality and go along with the...
Taliban’s Rationality
Significant political developments are occurring between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Despite their localized nature, and lack of global attention, they have significant implications for global...
Potential Threats, Fears and Strategic Analysis
Recently, a scholar from the London School of Economics and the author of an Oxford University Press book on Al-Qaeda, Sajjan Gohel, wrote an...
Pressure Tactic has little results
Political and diplomatic processes regarding the unrecognized Islamic Emirate continue to evolve. On the eve, two solid conferences were held in Islamabad and Dushanbe,...
The “Proxy” Dilemma and the Taliban
Pakistan-Taliban relations are deteriorating to the extent that one could even call it a fully-fledged crisis. With scathing statements from both sides, this is...
Belt and Road and Its Limits
The geopolitical processes in the world evolve quite torrentially. What’d be a result of the great Chinese Initiative ‘Belt and Road’? Only time will...
Fractured Politics and Backward Societies
The political interests in the world are in a state of deep upheavals, conflicts, and transformations. Seemingly, after everything the recent years have seen,...
No Alternatives for Taliban but Danger of Future Civil Conflict
Events and processes in Afghanistan are moving according to a negative scenario. Despite the significant information blockade, there is still some news regarding the...
The G20, the Global South and India
The G20 summit in India turned out to be not ordinary event. The summit of representatives of the largest economies and military-political potentials showed...
ISIS in Afghanistan exists, but the threat is overestimated
After a serious study, the UN Security Council management institutes issued a report concerning the activities of the Islamic State-Khorasan, a unit of an...