Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Afghanistan after the US Pullout: Challenges to Russia and Central Asia 182 July 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in Moscow Times (Russia) on 15 July 2021 by Dmitry Trenin (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:AfghanistanCentral AsiaInternational securitymilitary withdrawalRussiaTaliban Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Australia: On Trump’s Gilded Stage, History Has No Worth – Even If He Understood It March 7, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald 0 Saudi Arabia: Paradoxes of the Holy War March 13, 2026. Published in OkazAre we looking at a return to the darkness of the Old World, or does President Trump intend to spring yet another one of his endless surprises on us? 0 Australia: AUKUS Yokes Australia to America’s Actions Whether We Like It or Not March 6, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Spain: The Strength of American Democracy March 8, 2026. Published in La RazónThe executive branch is not all-powerful, not even when it invokes the defense of the national interest. 0 Australia: Defying Donald Trump and Stepping out of the Shadows, Mojtaba Khamenei Ascends March 9, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Topics Saudi Arabia: Paradoxes of the Holy War March 13, 2026. Published in OkazAre we looking at a return to the darkness of the Old World, or does President Trump intend to spring yet another one of his endless surprises on us? 0 Australia: Iran, Not the US, Currently Has the Strategic Upper Hand March 13, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: How Donald Trump and JD Vance Are ‘Philosophically a Little Bit Different’ on Iran March 13, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Canada: We’re Watching a Religious War between 3 Theocratic States. Is This the 1600s? March 13, 2026. Published in Toronto Star 0 Ireland: Real Legacy of Elvis May Be Contested, but His Story Recalls a Better America March 13, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Mexico: Trump Won’t Take Our Oil March 12, 2026. Published in La JornadaMexican oil is not the property of the United States or Donald Trump. 0 Ireland: Pete Hegseth Is like a Manic Clown Compared to Sober Colin Powell March 11, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Ireland: Elon Musk Is Wrong about Empathy — and Irish Film Proves It March 10, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Related Articles India: Iran’s Brinkmanship and Trump’s Redline: How the Crisis Is Reshaping India’s West Asia Strategy March 10, 2026. Published in FirstpostIf escalation hardens into a binary alignment, India’s pivot will be quiet but decisive. South Africa: How US Foreign Policy under Trump Erodes Legitimacy in the Global South February 12, 2026. Published in Cape TimesThe danger is not merely hypocrisy, but normalization, a world in which coercion replaces cooperation and sovereignty becomes conditional. Philippines: Human Rights Watch 2025 vs Donald Trump February 6, 2026. Published in The Manila Times[The Trump era] is marked as much by policies that endanger vulnerable populations as by political bravado. Ireland: The Irish Times View on the Ending of the US/ Russia Arms Treaty: Risk of a New Arms Race February 4, 2026. Published in Irish Times Australia: Trump’s Failure To Extend Nuclear Treaty Leaves Door ‘Wide Open’ to Arms Race February 4, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Previous articleThe World Looks on in Disbelief as America Abandons AfghanistanNext articlePrivate Jets, ‘Fraud’, and the Civil War: Lots of Smoke but Little Fire in US Voter Debate LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment