... forces in August 2021. This report highlights Moscow and Beijing’s interests in supporting stability in Afghanistan, as well as the means of ensuring and protecting it. The authors analyze in detail the opportunities and challenges that arise for Russia and China when cooperating in this region, as well as the impact of the U.S. and other external factors on Afghanistan.
Authors:
From Russia:
Andrey Kortunov, Ph.D. in History (Head); Andrey Kazantsev, Doctor of Political Science;
Mikhail Konarovsky, Ph.D. in History; Sergey Lebedev, Ph.D. in Political Science;
Mohammad Omar Nessar, Ph.D. in History; Ivan ...
Afghanistan is an issue on which China, Russia and the US can find common language
The Taliban’s return to power has fundamentally changed the political environment of Afghanistan, both internally and externally. The internal leading forces inside Afghanistan have turned to be the Taliban ...
... players:
The USA aims to maintain dominance in Central Asia to keep its military bases in this region. But the role of the USA is naturally reducing. Thus, it is seeking multilateral peace-building in the country.
The US – China collaboration in Afghanistan has many obstacles, however there is still a chance, according to Chinese experts, for Russia, China and the USA to find the common ground.
The role of collaboration of Russia and China in the Afghan issue:
Russia and China are the main actors who influence the situation. Both counties want to project their influence and exert power in the region ...
On September 30, 2021, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University held a public international expert discussion on the topic:
"The Taliban Takeover and Central Asian Security: What Will Russia and China Do?"
On September 30, 2021, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University held a public international expert discussion on the topic:
"The Taliban Takeover and Central Asian Security: What Will Russia and China ...
... regards the UN Charter as a set of general “laws” for the world of sovereign states. China and most countries in the world follow the same approach. The United States and... ... “rules-based international order” and has often received legitimate criticism from Russia. However, if we take a close look at the modern world order, we see that at the... ... rules that are under discussion.
The inglorious end of the US military intervention in Afghanistan (and in the Middle East) made it possible to speculate that the end of the...
Countering common threats requires that Russia and China are on the same page
Russia and China’s Common Interests in Afghanistan
The interests of Russia and China in Afghanistan, as well as those of the adjacent countries in Central and Southern Asia, are arguably as follows.
1. A neutral Afghanistan with no foreign contingents on its territory
As the strife between the United States and China/Russia grows, both Moscow ...
The value of any potential deal with the Taliban is apparently not entirely clear to Russia, China or any of the Central Asian countries
The value of any potential deal with the Taliban is apparently not entirely clear to Russia, China or any of the Central Asian countries. As a rule, they combine active diplomacy towards Afghanistan with active military preparations, writes Valdai Club expert Vasily Kashin.
The defeat and abrupt withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan, coupled with the instant collapse of the regime it had built in that country, has raised the ...
... United States itself will be looking for ways to return to the central part of Eurasia in one form or another. The defeat in Afghanistan did not have a serious impact on the military and economic capabilities of this power. After the initial shock wears off, we must be prepared for a new round of regional clout. Now, in this struggle, the objective interests of China are on the side of Russia, and this greatly facilitates the situation in comparison with all previous episodes.
The fall of Kabul on August 15, 2021,...
... the post-unipolar world will be much more prosperous thanks to the improvement of the economic condition in countries in the developing world.
To mark this significant transition, the U.S. would be well-advised to engage other major powers, especially China and Russia, and
leverage their cooperation
to rebuild Afghanistan, which markes the end of unipolarity and has a realistic potential to mark the beginning of the post-unipolar future.
... the increasing power of Islamists with connections abroad, as evidenced by the presence of Afghan Mujahideen in Nagorno-Karabakh (South Caucasus) at the beginning of the 1990s
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Despite the withdrawal of Moscow, countries that could have replaced Russia, notably China, did not involve themselves in Afghanistan.
A chaotic and overlooked period of 1990 to 2001
The withdrawal of the Soviet troops led to a chaotic period in the region as a whole, particularly because of the absence of a Chinese involvement. Indeed, according to the CIA’s numerous ...
