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​Trump
​Trump's Central Asian Thaw: From Impracticalism to A new prospect
The Possible Transition of Afghanistan from the South Asian Order to the Eurasian One
The Possible Transition of Afghanistan from the South Asian Order to the Eurasian One
​Central Asia’s View of a Possible U.S. Return to Bagram
​Central Asia’s View of a Possible U.S. Return to Bagram
​The U.S. Return to Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase: Consequences and Scenarios
​The U.S. Return to Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase: Consequences and Scenarios

Interview

Central Asia
Central Asia's responses to the US-Israel Aggression against Iran
The Establishment of Jolani’s Government in Syria: Implications for Central Asia
The Establishment of Jolani’s Government in Syria: Implications for Central Asia
Arab States and Taliban Government: Approaches and Relations
Arab States and Taliban Government: Approaches and Relations
GCC-Central Asia developing relations: Opportunities and challenges
GCC-Central Asia developing relations: Opportunities and challenges
 

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​Trump
​Trump's Central Asian Thaw: From Impracticalism to A new prospect
1404-09-09 13:16:53
The inescapable reality following the C5+1 leaders’ summit is that the level of relations between the United States and Central Asia has been upgraded. However, another aspect of this reality is that despite this upgrade, no significant change in the ...
The UN Roadmap for Afghanistan: Facts and Analysis
The UN Roadmap for Afghanistan: Facts and Analysis
The UN Secretary-General has tried to stop the bloody cycle of competition in Afghanistan, both internally (by creating conditions for interaction between the Taliban and the opposition) and externally ...
13 Jan 2024 - 09:55
Central Asian Defense Cooperation: New Non-Russian Approaches
Central Asian Defense Cooperation: New Non-Russian Approaches
Central Asia is currently seeking to maximize its military and defense power, by using non-Russian capabilities. Meanwhile, many foreign players such as Turkey, India, Pakistan and some western countries ...
30 Nov 2023 - 08:26
The Restless Power Cycle in Pakistan
The Restless Power Cycle in Pakistan
It can be predicted that the power cycle in Pakistan will continue to be a rotation of power between army generals and political parties. As a result, Pakistan is expected to be excluded from the sustainable ...
26 Aug 2023 - 09:22
Relocation of TTP Members in Afghanistan: Goals and Implications
Relocation of TTP Members in Afghanistan: Goals and Implications
The Interior Minister of Pakistan announced that the plan to transfer the members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to areas far from the Pakistan border has been finalized by the Afghan Taliban government....
6 Aug 2023 - 10:17
Prospects of Iran-Uzbekistan Strategic Economic Partnership
Prospects of Iran-Uzbekistan Strategic Economic Partnership
The relations between Tehran and Tashkent have experienced a growing trend in recent years. However, trade exchanges of less than one billion dollars, and the lack of mutual strategic dependencies can ...
19 Jun 2023 - 14:22
Afghanistan’s Place in the New Great Game
Afghanistan’s Place in the New Great Game
Since centuries ago, Afghanistan has been a center for the game of powers, and the contradictory role of great and regional powers has had a great impact on the change of systems, political stability ...
9 Apr 2023 - 11:20
Solutions for Development of Afghanistan
Solutions for Development of Afghanistan's Economic Relations in the State of "Non-Recognition"
The relations of Taliban- ruled Afghanistan with other countries can be considered in three categories: 1) Afghanistan's close neighbors, which are the most important economic partners of this country ...
5 Mar 2023 - 10:44
Taliban and State- Building: advantages and disadvantages
Taliban and State- Building: advantages and disadvantages
Afghanistan never got the opportunity to build a state. In the 100-year history of this country, the process of becoming a nation-state was interrupted many times. Although the Taliban did not get the ...
22 Feb 2023 - 09:57
U.S and Engineering the Inclusive Government in Afghanistan
U.S and Engineering the Inclusive Government in Afghanistan
There is one issue that has kept the Taliban government's foreign policy ambiguous in the region and at the international level: Whether the Taliban is trying to maintain Afghanistan's neutrality in the ...
23 Jan 2023 - 12:19
9th Summit of OTS; the beginning of an end
9th Summit of OTS; the beginning of an end
The 9th summit of Turkic-speaking countries which was held in the form of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit on November 11 and 12, 2022 in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, had remarkable ...
31 Dec 2022 - 13:53
Changing the demographic context of some Afghan regions: Effects & Implications
Changing the demographic context of some Afghan regions: Effects & Implications
In recent years, the demographic context in the major cities of Afghanistan has changed significantly due to the migration of villagers and the return of immigrants from abroad. This type of demographic ...
21 Dec 2022 - 12:17
Future of Taliban leadership; what are the possibilities and scenarios?
Future of Taliban leadership; what are the possibilities and scenarios?
It is unlikely that there will be a succession crisis for the current leadership of the Taliban, and the group have had a distinctive track record in this regard. Using past experiences, the Taliban leaders ...
12 Dec 2022 - 12:44
Illegitimacy and lack of recognition; Two main deadlocks for the Taliban government
Illegitimacy and lack of recognition; Two main deadlocks for the Taliban government
The history of Afghanistan shows that no government has managed so far to survive in Afghanistan without the support of regional and trans-regional countries, and no opposition military group has managed ...
30 Jun 2022 - 08:26
Resistance front and Ankara’s political front; Interaction or confrontation
Resistance front and Ankara’s political front; Interaction or confrontation
The collapse of the republic and the rise of the Taliban to power made all forces inside and outside Afghanistan’s establishment to flee to other countries. Meanwhile, the only opposition force that was ...
25 Jun 2022 - 08:42
A look at Afghanistan
A look at Afghanistan's Hydro-hegemony Policy
Four out of Afghanistan's six neighbors are heavily dependent on the country's water resources. Afghanistan's efforts to control the surface water have raised growing concerns among the downstream countries,...
11 Jun 2022 - 09:31
How water is ‘otherizing’ between Iran and Afghanistan?
How water is ‘otherizing’ between Iran and Afghanistan?
The issue of water in Afghanistan is a national and identity issue whose manifestation can be seen in the common proverbs of the country. Such an attitude shows that the identity and beliefs of the Afghan ...
5 Mar 2022 - 08:37
Why is women
Why is women's political participation in Pakistan vulnerable?
Women's political participation in Pakistan depends directly on their academic education as well as their social status and family. Therefore, any collective activity by women in Pakistan is primarily ...
10 Feb 2022 - 11:32
EU
EU's approach towards the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan
The role of the European Union (EU), as a political identity, in the international politics is remarkable. Politically, it is an important and influential actor in terms of defining strategy as well as ...
29 Jan 2022 - 09:40
Taliban and future of Central Asia’s infrastructure projects
Taliban and future of Central Asia’s infrastructure projects
The future of the projects that connect Central Asia to South Asia by passing through Afghanistan depend on a number of factors whose realization needs creative solutions on the side of the Afghan officials....
5 Jan 2022 - 12:18
Fall of republic in Afghanistan & its impacts on people
Fall of republic in Afghanistan & its impacts on people's collective beliefs
After fall of the republic in Afghanistan, the focus has been more on the material and tangible consequences of this event rather than the mental and psychological ones. But the impacts of fall of the ...
25 Nov 2021 - 09:12
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​Analysis of developments in Afghanistan, from March 2024 to March 2025

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The Ukraine War and its Impact on Central Asia - South Asia Connectivity

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Evaluating Iran-Pakistan Economic Relations: A strategic look
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