... time. The first countries to suffer were China with growing separatism in Xinjiang, Russia with rising terrorism activities and separatism in Chechnya supported by the... ... separatists.
In the late 1990s, the United States had to intervene on the ground with its NATO allies following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. For the CIA, such involvement was necessary... ... internal conflicts between 1990 and 2001. In October 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power after they refused to hand over Osama Bin...
... Asian presence and appeases NATO allies. For Iran, collaboration with the Taliban allows for a greater influence in a territory previously occupied by adversaries while the flow of migrants may mitigate some of its own internal struggles.
China and Russia, relieved that the NATO presence on their borders has been significantly diminished, still have a vested interest in the stability of Afghanistan. For China, the overwhelming majority of its concerns are economic. Stability will allow for greater investment in the region and the protection of existing assets. For Russia, security concerns are paramount in Afghanistan. It fears that ...
... between Russia and NATO were destroyed, while the motivation to strengthen Afghanistan’s security has remained high.
Despite the crisis in relations between Russia and NATO, Russia still wants to maintain a forum for constructive cooperation on Afghanistan. Russia tried to prevent NATO’s mission in Afghanistan being refashioned in this case into NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, but later voted for the new Resolution 2274 on Afghanistan at the UN.
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Andrey Kortunov:
How Not to Talk with Russia
Another ...
... could merely remain a favorable opportunity for NATO bureaucrats to pretend the alliance still matters, whereby the renewed Russian military doctrine is not that bad. NATO is the number one threat. Anyone surprised?
2. Shall the Islamic State survive?
Undoubtedly, the Islamic State is not just ... ... back at best. At worst, one can fail as the U.S. did in Vietnam. You just cannot combat these guys from the sky!
3. Whither Afghanistan?
Well, it's pretty simple. A president of Kabul is not a president of Afghanistan. Almost entire south-east ...
... comprehensive interaction between Russia and NATO. In this context, Russia continues to expect a positive response from the Alliance to the proposal to establish cooperation programs with the CSTO for containing narcotics production and trafficking in Afghanistan, including the CSTO "Channel" program.
www.nato-russia-council.info
Russia-NATO Round table,
Zhukovsky,
June 2012
Another way of promoting genuine strategic partnership could be development of comprehensive military-technical cooperation (MTC). Of course, the missile defense project would be the most ...
... seen as more of a gain a loss depends on how Moscow itself assesses and balances its own security concerns in the region: instability, extremism and narcotics.
At the same time the spill-over of violence and extremism does not pose a direct threat to Russia itself for whom the main implications of U.S./NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan are in Central Asia. Moscow’s main strategy to address potential cross-border repercussions for its Central Asian allies and the increase in Western back-up and transit-related presence in Central Asia is to intensify security and economic ...
... American military base in Manas airport as well as in the attempts to toughen up the conditions of transit through the Russian territory. However, there is an opinion that Russia should by all means support the Northern Distribution Network because NATO forces’ presence in Afghanistan is in line with Russian interests.
A New Great Game and ideological conflict
The new Great Game is dangerous not only because of the clash of interests of the actors involved into it. There is also a
divergence of values and ideological beliefs
between the West and ...
