by Manlio Dinucci*
(23 August 2021) General Scott Miller, US and allied forces commander in Afghanistan, announced on April 25 the beginning of foreign troops withdrawal that should be completed by September 11, according to President Biden’s decision. Is the US ending the war waged for almost twenty years? In order to understand this communication, it is first of all necessary to consider the results of the war.
by Zamir Awan*
(23 August 2021) Life is very much normal, internet service, mobile service is functioning in a routine. Shops are opened, traffic is in normal routine, schools are opened, everything seems very much normal. The government is functioning, bureaucracy is functioning, police is functioning, just ex-president Ashraf Ghani is not in Afghanistan.
by Andrew KORYBKO*
(23 August 2021) The «Shanghai Cooperation Organisation» (SCO) would do well to coordinate its members’ efforts to contain Afghan-emanating regional terrorist threats such as “Islamic State Khorasan” (ISIS-K), encourage a political compromise between Kabul and the Taliban, and devise a plan for developing the war-torn country’s connectivity potential so as to ensure its long-term stability.
by Rick Sterling*
(10 August 2021) On Friday July 9 the UN Security Council unanimously agreed to a one year extension of the Bab al Hawa crossing. As part of the agreement,1 the UN Secretary General needs to report regularly on what is happening with the aid going into the Al Qaeda dominated zone. Evidently Russia and China thought the time was not right to insist on principle. The problems outlined in this article remain true.
by Thierry Meyssan*
(10 August 2021) Foreign policy aims at preventing conflicts with neighbours and developing their peaceful relations. However, Westerners have abandoned this objective to adopt the promotion of their collective interests to the detriment of other actors.
Michael Lüders calls for a democratisation of Europe
by Robert Seidel
(17 July 2021) In his latest publication, Michael Lüders relentlessly exposes how Europe is dependent on the US hegemonial power. For Lüders, the only way out of this dependency is a unified, democratised Europe, not least because otherwise it will be the future battleground of a war between the USA and Russia respectively China.