The CIA’s Strategic Thinking in Afghanistan: 1979 to 2021
... the international context and geopolitical changes that the CIA has been concerned about in a post-2021 Afghanistan. During the 2001–2021 period, Russia has regained its great power status and, through the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), is now in a position to provide protection to Central Asian countries, notably Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Moreover, Vladimir Putin’s Russia is now more active in far-flung countries such as Syria, suggesting that Moscow may once again be interested ...