https://www.iess.ir/en/issues/security Sun, 28 Apr 2024 06:53:41 GMT /skins/default/en/normal/ch01_newsfeed_logo.gif https://www.iess.ir/ 100 70 en Copyright (c) Institute for East Strategic Studies, all rights reserved. Sun, 28 Apr 2024 06:53:41 GMT Security 60 https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3656/ The fact is that before this, Russia and in some limited cases, China, were the main suppliers of weapons and defense equipment to Central Asian countries. Other suppliers, if any, were present in non-strategic areas. Now it seems that the balance of these areas is on the verge of change, with the acting of Turkey and Iran in the drone area, the arrival of new warships in the Caspian Sea, or the recent proposals of France to sell Rafale fighters or Master Grand 400 air defense radar. ]]> Central Asia Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:04:47 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3656/ https://www.iess.ir/en/interview/2510/ This infographic shows the statistics of explosions, suicide bombings, and military operations (the Afghan forces and the Taliban) as well as the number of casualties (the Afghan soldiers, the Taliban, and civilians). ]]> Afghanistan Thu, 31 Dec 2020 08:18:25 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/interview/2510/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/2503/ By accepting UNSC Resolution 2513 as one of the four pillars of the future negotiations with the Afghan delegation, the Taliban have sought to highlight the international community's capacity to advance the peace process in Afghanistan as well as emphasize the necessity of adhering to the provisions of the Doha agreement. On the other hand, the Trump administration, despite all its efforts, failed to achieve its main aspirations in Afghanistan. The disagreements between the State Department and the White House on one side and the Pentagon and the CIA on the other, as well as the Democratic Party’s opposition to Trump's actions in Afghanistan, prevented Trump from sending the Doha agreement to the US legislation entities. The Taliban leaders know that with Biden in the White House, the Doha agreement is likely to lose its intrinsic value. So, this has made them to go after using the capacities of the international community to advance the peace process. ]]> Afghanistan Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:51:19 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/2503/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/2489/ The Biden administration will naturally take a different approach towards Central Asia, which will definitely contain new opportunities and threats for the Islamic Republic of Iran. At the macro level, Trump's ouster may decrease some of the strategic threats that his Central Asia policy could impose on Iran. Meanwhile, it may undermine the logic of Russia and China’s engagement with Iran and would weaken some process such as Iran's membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organization as well as its counterterrorism efforts, particularly in Afghanistan. ]]> Central Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2020 06:53:26 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/2489/ https://www.iess.ir/en/event/2413/ ​This infographic shows the statistics of explosions, suicide bombings, and military operations (the Afghan forces and the Taliban) as well as the number of casualties (the Afghan soldiers, the Taliban, and civilians). ]]> Afghanistan Tue, 20 Oct 2020 07:29:04 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/event/2413/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/2372/ The new US strategy targets the whole region rather than Afghanistan alone. The designers of this strategy seek to create a new arrangement of the regional actors in a bid to maintain the US hegemony over the emerging powers, something that may divide the region into the eastern and western blocs. ]]> Afghanistan Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:38:05 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/2372/