Following the withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, Central Asia has once again returned to the focus of international politics. Meanwhile, the Turkish foreign ministry long declared the “Asia Anew” initiative, aiming at deepening relations with Asian countries. United World International expert Mehmet Perinçek gave an interview to the Iranian Eastern Strategic Research Center on Turkey’s relations with Central Asian ...
The 21st Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held on Friday with leaders of member states attending by video link and in-person in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan, as it holds the SCO presidency this year, which marks the 20th anniversary of the organization’s establishment. The meeting was historic, because ...
The 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan was the initial phase of a project which American neocons called the Greater Middle East Project, aimed at partitioning an entire region spanning from West Asia, North Africa and Central Asia. Twenty years later from that day, Taliban militia are entering Kabul on one side, and American diplomats are rushing to evacuate the embassy ...
The United States has started its withdrawal from Afghanistan, which in the last days have taken more a form of fleeing. As the Taliban forces have conquered great parts of the country and arrived at the capital city of Kabul, the US embassy has started burning documents, while President Biden hastily deployed 6.000 troops to ensure the evacuation of US ...
By Orçun Göktürk The US is withdrawing from Afghanistan. American troops were not able to bring neither the “peace” nor the “stability” to the country, as they packed away and fled after the 20 years of occupation. The result are endless military operations, thousands of American casualties, billions of dollars spent, and a nation that became the world’s drug factory. ...