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Afghanistan emerging as a deep security hole. Can Iran’s revolutionary generals see it?

2022-01-27

By Dr. Davood Moradian

Iran was a key beneficiary of the post-Taliban order and a junior partner in the Pakistan-led anti-American coalition that eventually succeeded on 15 August 2021. Iran would also be a key loser in the new and emerging dynamic in Afghanistan, a regional security black hole.

The Afghan government was composed of people and policies t

The Collapse of Afghanistan

2022-01-20

By Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili 

Conventional wisdom suggests that the Afghan republic fell because societal values were incompatible with democracy and the country was simply ungovernable. This article traces the state’s collapse to the highly centralized political institutions imposed after the 2001 U.S. invasion. Instead of offering citizens an oppor

Afghanistan in 2021: The End of the Republic and the Return of the Islamic Emirate

2022-01-14

By Arash Yaqin

At the beginning of 2021, Afghans faced another year of conflict and economic challenge, retaining some semblance of hope that their leadership and the Taliban would be able to reach a pol

Systemic Violence on Local People

2022-01-06

By Syed Irfan Ashraf 

When it comes to the coverage of terrorism in the Af-Pak region, journalists and analysts in Pakistan have one thing in common: their fixation on ideological aspects of extremism often overshadows territorial considerations rooted in actual power politics. This

As A Regional Leader, Not A Victim of Circumstance

2021-12-26

By Suhasini Haidar

India must respond to neighbourhood challenges by making it clear that it is an arbiter of its destiny and the region’s

Addressing an Indian Ocean Conference this month, External Affairs Minister Read more