Trump’s Sanctions Admit the End of US Military Dominance
The Death of US and UK Neo-Colonialism
Beneficiaries of the Surge in US Military Spending
Afghanistan Faces Uncertain Future (III)
The outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his national address in office before leaving the presidential palace to warn the new...
Afghanistan Faces Uncertain Future (I)
Afghanistan has witnessed two major events in the most recent weeks. One is the assumption of office by Ashraf Ghani as...
US Torpedoes Karzai’s Contacts with Taliban
...Washington doesn’t want any substantive «Afghan-led», «Afghan-controlled» peace talks except under its auspices. Most important,...
Will the U.S. Find Its Way Out of the Dead End in Afghanistan?
...The tasks of ensuring security in the Northern Caucasus and in Russia's allies in Central Asia have made it a priority for Moscow to...
The Subtext of the Stalled Afghan-US Treaty: Will the US Trade Karzai for the Taliban?
2013 is almost over and the US has still not managed to get NATO-garrisoned Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai to sign the...
Afghanistan and its Future (II)
The return of Taliban to Kabul is a matter of special concern for Russia and the neighboring CIS (the Community of Independent Nations)...
Afghanistan and its Future (I)
The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai has decided to suspend the security agreements talks with the United States giving rise to...
Whither Afghan-Pak Relations? (II)
Karzai believes or at least indicates publicly that the difficulties in advancing reconciliation have arisen because Pakistan has not...
This is a defense budget of confrontation giving preference to pressure instead of negotiations and diplomacy.
The NATO expansion – which the legendary George Kennan presciently warned against in vain – continues to drive the world the closer towards the threat of...
The scramble for Africa will only increase in intensity as the insatiable appetite for Africa's oil, gold, diamonds, and rare earth minerals attracts more global interest...
Russia, Iran, China, and now Turkey are in the same boat, as all have become the target of US sanctions. But none of those nations has bowed under the pressure.
