By M. Ashraf Haidari

Afghanistan has experimented with different forms of government since its emergence as a modern nation-state. From absolute and constitutional monarchies to the first republic and communist/Marxist regimes, never has Afgha...

By Dr. Yaqub Ibrahimi

In the six rounds of bilateral talks between Zalmai Khalilzad and the Taliban, there was no promising prospect for Afghanistan. Khalilzad’s diplomacy and the so-called Qatar process have had three clear outcomes: th...

By H.E Ismatulla Irgashev

I would like to present our vision of the prospects for the development of the situation in Central Asia, including Afghanistan, which we regard as an integral part of...

By M. Jamil Hanifi

The central government of Afghanistan disintegrated in April 1992 setting in motion the collapse of the Afghan state apparatus that culminated in the occupation of the country by the armed forces of the United States in Autu...

By Magnus Marsden

Central Asian transnational commercial networks play an important role in connecting much of West Asia. Since the traders who form such networks are multi-lingual and able to inhabit multiple cultural spaces, they are...