Afghanistan and Regional Security: Scenarios for the Future

... Afghanistan’s strategic geographic location, offers a high potential for the country to be used as a stage for a global conflict between Russia and the U.S. with its allies, between the U.S. and China, or between Iran and the collective West. Russian-Chinese Strategic ... ... in its policies, which will continue if the peaceful scenario unfolds. Thus, the system of governance, including the counterterrorism component, should become more effective. Intelligence services of Iran, Russia and Uzbekistan, as well as agencies of ...