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Restrictive measures against the Taliban now affect the country as a whole The fall of the Afghan government amid the withdrawal of American troops and the capture of most of Afghanistan by the Taliban raised a number of questions regarding international and unilateral sanctions. Since 1999, the Taliban have been under UN sanctions. Restrictive measures have been applied to the movement by the United States, the European Union ...
Having overcome the formerly heated rejections by the Taliban of its proposed role at the airport, Turkey portends the closer integration of Afghanistan into its familiar geopolitical agendas The Taliban’s ultimate agreement to a prominent Turkish security presence at Afghanistan’s only airport completes an important power-play for the latter. Ankara wishes to establish itself as a ...
... Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in August 2021 has raised a number of questions about how the world community should deal with the organization, an ardent proponent of Islam that calls for an all-out Sharia system to be established in Afghanistan. As a case in point here, many experts and media outlets refer to the Taliban as either a structure linked to the terrorist Islamic State (banned in Russia) or as a legitimate Sharia state, much like Saudi Arabia or Iran. The group is seen ...
The coming to power of a radical religious movement in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s prompted an attempt by the United States to consolidate its ability to determine the development of world politics We do not know if peace in Afghanistan becomes a reality. However, right now, for the first time in the ...
... Seidel Foundation held an international round table on the geopolitical consequences of the Afghan crisis. The event was attended by experts, politicians and public figures from Germany, France, Great Britain, Pakistan, and Russia. Russia’s position on Afghanistan was presented by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
The Kremlin succeeded in making its presence in Syria stable, financially affordable and generally acceptable to the Russian public. The White House failed to do the same in Afghanistan The U.S. intervention in Afghanistan was launched in October 2001 to be nearly two decades long. Russia’s military operation in Syria was launched in September 2015, and it has been going on for six years. Both powers justified their interventions ...
The discussion focused on the following issues: the latest events in Afghanistan and their consequences for neighboring countries, the international situation in general, as well as current problems in relations between Russia and the Republic of Kore On August 26, 2021, Mikhail Konarovsky, RIAC Member, Ambassador Extraordinary ...
Towards Brave New Post-Unipolar Order While the impact of the terrorist attacks and the following military mobilization of the U.S. leading to invasion of Afghanistan influenced the geopolitical debate in the post-9/11 period, the country’s early victories provided solid ground to the general belief that global order was best described by a stable U.S.-led unipolarity. Unipolar hubris sustained Back ...
On August 20, 2021, the International Crisis Group held an expert meeting on the latest developments in Afghanistan and the possible future of Afghan statehood On August 20, 2021, the International Crisis Group held an expert meeting on the latest developments in Afghanistan and the possible future of Afghan statehood. The discussion focused on the risk ...
... RIAC Director General; Vitaly Naumkin, RIAC member, Academic Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; and a group of foreign ambassadors and senior diplomats, to discuss issues related to the situation in and around Afghanistan. The meeting was chaired by Premjith Sadasivan, Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to Russia.
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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