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Strategic Evolution of ISKP in Afghanistan
Strategic Evolution of ISKP in Afghanistan
​Trojan Horse for the Heartland: The Dimensions of the “Israeli Peace” in Central Asia
​Trojan Horse for the Heartland: The Dimensions of the “Israeli Peace” in Central Asia
Maritime Blockade against Iran: The Challenges for Iran
Maritime Blockade against Iran: The Challenges for Iran's Geo-Economic Interconnection with Central Asia
The U.S.– Zionist Regime War Against Iran: Economic Impacts on Afghanistan
The U.S.– Zionist Regime War Against Iran: Economic Impacts on Afghanistan

Interview

Regional Security Test in Tajikistan; Terrorism, Hidden Actors, and New Equations
Regional Security Test in Tajikistan; Terrorism, Hidden Actors, and New Equations
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
 

Articles

Strategic Evolution of ISKP in Afghanistan
Strategic Evolution of ISKP in Afghanistan
1405-05-11 10:02:33
The suppression of the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province (ISKP) group— the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State ­— inside Afghanistan has pushed the group toward building a decentralized, transnational, and nearly uncontrollable network. This analysis ...
Central Asia
Central Asia's Approach to the Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
With the emergence of new geopolitical axes and the involvement of world powers in them, as well as the withdrawal of the U.S. from Afghanistan, Afghanistan has become once again a marginal country in ...
21 Oct 2024 - 14:25
Competition of Regional and International Processes in Afghanistan
Competition of Regional and International Processes in Afghanistan
In the past three years, regional countries and the international community have established their relations with the Taliban based on engagement. The Taliban has also taken a more interactive approach ...
14 Aug 2024 - 09:34
How Can Economic Relations Help to Legitimize the Taliban Government?
How Can Economic Relations Help to Legitimize the Taliban Government?
After more than two years of Taliban rule, the conflicting positions of the international community and the Taliban have made the recognition of the Taliban government still pending. But this does not ...
23 Apr 2024 - 14:32
The Durability of Taliban Rule and the Future Prospect
The Durability of Taliban Rule and the Future Prospect
After the fall of the republic government and the Taliban’s regaining power in Afghanistan, this movement was not prepared to rule Afghanistan in terms of politics and governance. Also, from a military ...
16 Mar 2024 - 10:56
The place of Central Asia in Taliban’s Economy-Oriented Foreign Policy
The place of Central Asia in Taliban’s Economy-Oriented Foreign Policy
Afghanistan's security-oriented approach, which was at its peak during Hamid Karzai rule, was officially abandoned when Ashraf Ghani took office, and it was replaced by an economic-oriented foreign policy....
10 Feb 2024 - 10:46
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
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
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
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
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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Special reports

Strategies for Enhancing the Resilience of Afghanistan’s Non-Pashtun Ethnic Groups to Reduce Migration

Special reports

​Analysis of developments in Afghanistan, from March 2024 to March 2025

Special reports

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