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 ... ... complicated factors to the Afghan issue, but also cause new contradictions between the them.
Andrey Kortunov:
Afghanistan Will Test SCO's Capacity
The SCO faces the question of how to deal with the Taliban government. Afghanistan is an observer state of the ...
... over a significant part of Syria. This development demonstrates a link between the two crisis-affected regions, especially since the majority of terrorists migrating to Afghanistan are natives of Central Asia and Muslim-populated regions of Russia and China. Such activity is unequivocally viewed as an immediate threat to the stability in the regions to the north and northeast of Afghanistan.
The SCO member states have repeatedly, and at various levels (including the very highest level), expressed their grave concerns over the entire range of problems in Afghanistan. The Bishkek summit was no exception. The Declaration signed at the end of the ...
... University) and Andrey Kortunov (Russian International Affairs Council), the paper contextualizes the bilateral relationship in Central Asia, points of friction, and potential areas for cooperation amid an extremely tense relationship between Washington and Moscow.
Envisioning Opportunities for U.S.-Russia Cooperation in and with Central Asia
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... place in Beijing on the eve of the Qingdao summit. However, serious interest in increasing the SCO’s activities regarding Afghanistan expressed at the meetings has not yet been substantively documented (as a result of which the Declaration merely “summed ... ... regional and global stages will largely depend on the forethought, feasibility and orientation of future steps taken by the SCO to facilitate the peace process in this country.
Andrey Kortunov:
China and the US in Asia: Four Scenarios for the Future
A few years ago, one of the main topics of conversation with regard to ...
