Afghanistan comes full circle with return of Taliban
Need to diplomatically engage Taliban rather isolate, to make them understand statecraft and respect human rights.
Need to diplomatically engage Taliban rather isolate, to make them understand statecraft and respect human rights.
While addressing the international conference “Central Asia and South Asia: regional interconnectedness: Challenges and opportunities”, President of Uzbekistan H.E. Shavkat Mirziyoyev pinpointed “ten initiatives” to achieve greater regional connectivity. Being prominent regional expert of Uzbekistan and CIS I term it “Ten Commandments of Modern World”.
Recent tri-nation war games along Afghan border indicates Russia will discourage Central Asian partners to allow US military posts.
As recently attested by regional developments, ASEAN is still on a bumpy road along the US and China contestation. The current health crisis, such as COVID-19, also extrapolate the race between these big powers to acquire support from ASEAN for their respective agenda. This current plot has also triggered some arguments on “vaccine imperialism” rather than “vaccine diplomacy”.
Following the Second Karabakh War (September 27, 2020 – November 10, 2020) which broke up between Azerbaijan and Armenia and resolved with the victory of Azerbaijan, the issue of the mutual return of prisoners of war between the two states and the transfer of minefield maps by Armenia to the Azerbaijani side rose to prominence.
Kashmir the paradise on earth has been changed into hell since 5th August 2019, the abrogation of Article 370 and 35(A) has given Kashmir conflict a different dimension.
Recent developments in Afghanistan have significant effects on the region. The withdrawal of the US troops created a void in the region. The Taliban significantly increased its influence in this power vacuum. This situation caused the change of balance of power in the region and pushed great powers to reshape their regional policies.
Time and again, Prime Minister Imran Khan desired to “replicate” Malaysia’s model in the country which is based on a “diversified” economic structure, a strong external position, robust institutions, and significant natural resources and human capital endowments.
A key takeaway of conference is that realization of geographical factors keep states in Central Asian region exposed to risks of rivalry, conflict.
Recently, the Taiwan issue came to global agenda one more time due to expressions of authorities from Japan and China.