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AISS attended Afghanistan-Pakistan-China Trilateral Meeting

2014-10-20

Director of Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), Dr. Davood Moradian attended at the second meeting of “Afghanistan-Pakistan-China Trilateral Process” on 19-20 October 2014 in Islamabad. The Pakistan China Institute, in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung hosted the conference. The conference follows the Beijing Trilateral Dialogue: China-Afghanistan-Pakistan, held in Beijing in August 2013, co

“Herat Security Dialogue III” International Conference

2014-09-27

September 27-28, 2014
The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) hosted the Herat Security Dialogue III (HSD) 27-28 September 2014 in Herat, Afghanistan. This was the third annual international conference AISS hosted.It was attended by government officials, international organization delegates, legislators, academic experts, distinguished journalists, business delegates, media and civil society representatives from Afgh

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National Security Adviser, Dr. Spanta’s Opening Speech at “Herat Security Dialogue

2014-09-27

The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) hosted the Herat Security Dialogue III (HSD) 27-28 September 2014 in Herat, Afghanistan. This was the third annual international conference AISS hosted.It was attended by government officials, international organization delegates, legislators, academic experts, distinguished journalists, business delegates, media and civil society representatives from Afghanistan, the region and wider i

AISS co-parts in Afghanistan-Tajikistan-India Trilateral Meeting

2014-08-18

The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) participated at the first meeting of Afghanistan-Tajikistan-India Trilateral process, in Tajik capital, Dushanbe on 17-19 August 2014. The process is co-partnered with Delhi Policy Group (DPG) and Tajikistan’s Center for Strategic Researches under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. The meeting brought together senior academic, former and serving officials from the thr

Jihadism in Central Asia: A Credible Threat After the Western Withdrawal From Afghanistan?

2014-08-13

Bayram Balci, Didier Chaudet

The states of Central Asia—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—are closely watching the political situation in Afghanistan, a neighbor with whom three of them share a border. This situation concerns them very deeply.

Central Asian governments view with alarm and pessimism the withdrawal by the end of 2014 of most of the Western tro