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NATO in Afghanistan: Do They Stay Or Do They Go?
Despite the fact that the U.S. has officially announced the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in 2014, things are coming so that they will remain there. The question, in what status, with what rights and, more importantly, with what goal – increasingly concerns the neighbors of Afghanistan: Russia, China, and Central Asia. An agreement on [...]
Continue reading...Another NATO Transit Center for Cargos or Drugs in Europe?
Saturday, March 17, 2012
The Russian Ministry of Defense plans to sign an agreement with the USA to establish a return “trans-shipment center” in Ulyanovsk (Russia) for goods going from Afghanistan has attracted public attention. A discussion on financial, political and military aspects of the issue has flared up. The issue of drug trafficking is tackled too. The flourishing [...]
Continue reading...«Arab Spring» Export to China: US Stakes On Tibet, Xinjiang and Cellphones
Saturday, February 18, 2012
At the 48 Munich security conference China’s Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun said that ‘China is committed to giving back to Asia with its own development and plays a major part in upholding peace and stability in the region.’ In response US senator John McCain decided to put the Chinese official to his place: ‘I [...]
Continue reading...What the Taliban Readiness to Talk Means for Afghanistan
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Taliban spokesman’s announcement that the Taliban are prepared to open an office in Doha Qatar and to hold talks with the Americans at that site has been the headline story in the international media for the last few days. The fact that this very spokesman, commenting on the disgusting video of American marines urinating [...]
Continue reading...Karzai’s Loya Jirga
Friday, December 9, 2011
President Karzai and his government hailed the Loya Jirga, a 2030 strong assemblage of parliamentarians and notables from across the country, as a great success. Certainly it could be deemed a success that the Taliban despite the threats they held out were not able to prevent participation nor were they able to launch any attacks [...]
Continue reading...Nangarhar Attack: Pentagon Sabotaging the White House
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Nangarhar is the secured province that is being turned over to Afghan forces, where the border incident has erupted. The attack upon Pakistan was intended as a demonstration for the world to see the dangers of an early Afghan transition and withdrawal. What else could explain this Afghan unit gaining command over Nangarhar Province on [...]
Continue reading...Taliban’s New Strategy
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
If Taliban head Mullah Omar’s recent Eid ul-Fitr (marking end of Muslim holy month Ramadan) speech serves any indication – it is Taliban’s latest strategy to regroup and enhance its prospects to rule Afghanistan but in a new format…Besides some of the high sounding and oft repeated slogans such as establishing Islamic rule, Omar’s call [...]
Continue reading...Changing Dynamics in the Af-Pak
Saturday, August 6, 2011
The visit of Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to China and later to Afghanistan towards in July have given rise to speculations about the probable coming together of the two powers to adopt an accommodative approach on various issues including Afghanistan…Though it is difficult to agree completely that [...]
Continue reading...Blond Beast and the Future of Terror
Friday, July 29, 2011
Norway tragedy of the last week would apparently make a tectonic shift in global social processes. It will significantly affect European politics and influence the ideological schemes of the Western world. As always, the mainstream trend describing Anders Behring Breivik as mentally insane solo terrorist and a ‘Christian fundamentalist’ clearly reveals the villainous plan of [...]
Continue reading...Washington’s Afghan Endgame
Thursday, July 7, 2011
US President Barack Obama’s announced phased withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan prompted an immediate surge of articles and comments in the international media; analyses and even forecasts by experts; and estimates and calculations by the military. The assessments often directly contradict each other, even though their authors cite the same facts and present the same [...]
Continue reading...Obama’s Drawdown Speech: SCO Faces the Afghan Challenge
Thursday, June 23, 2011
The United States President Barack Obama’s drawdown speech will not stand out in the volume of his selected works as an outstanding piece of oratory. The rhetorical flourish of “On the Way Forward in Afghanistan” was definitely below par. On the other hand, Obama knew the occasion is not one of celebration but of having [...]
Continue reading...The Real War vs The Illusions
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
In the complicated calculus of the men who would plan our destinies for us, if we would only let them, it is often hard to fathom which line of reasoning represents their dominant thinking on any strategic subject. In Afghanistan and in Pakistan, it is getting harder to distinguish between the minimum acceptable goals for the [...]
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