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Afghanistan. A new regional “great game” in and around Afghanistan ? (David Criekemans, Clingendael)

The commander of the Kabul Military Training Center introduces in 2011 then US Vice President Joe Biden to Afghan recruits. © NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan...

Geostrategic Competition. The Afghan Tragedy and the Age of Unpeace (Mark Leonard, Project-Syndicate)

The end of the US-led “forever war” in Afghanistan will not bring peace, because the methods that countries use to attack each other have...

USA. America’s Return to Realism (Eric Posner, Project-Syndicate)

It was already clear that former President Donald Trump repudiated the humanitarian or quasi-humanitarian motives that underpinned US military interventions after the Cold War....

Middle East. Cruise missiles in the Middle East (IISS)

While both the proliferation and combat use of ballistic missiles in the Middle East have attracted a lot of attention, cruise missiles remain an...

Russia. Armiya 2021: tactical developments in Russia’s guided-weapons sector (Douglas Barrie, IISS)

Photo credit: Michael Jerdev Russia’s Armiya 2021 defence exhibition, held in Moscow from 22–28 August, saw the first appearance of what could be a key...

Japan. Suga’s premiership: a short-lived but packed administration (Robert Ward, IISS)

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide announced on 3 September that he would not seek re-election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...

Sri Lanka. What do the food and forex crises hold for Sri Lanka? (N Sathiya Moorthy, ORF)

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s  promulgation of a ‘food emergency’ in the face of an unending forex crisis has shocked the local population and surprised friends...

Afghanistan. A call for leadership? (Ritu Mathur, ORF)

Another great power retreats from Afghanistan. This embarrassing exercise for the United States of America (US) raises several important questions with regard to its...

BRI. The pandemic-induced BRI: Then, now and what next? (Soumya Bhowmick, ORF)

The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly hurting the global economy in a multitude of ways. Not only have the intermittent lockdowns and other restrictions interrupted...

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