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Can the Taliban Deal with their Handicaps?

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The Taliban notably replaced the Ministry of Women's Affairs for the "Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” completely erasing women’s needs, though this comes as no surprise since in their eyesو women are second-class citizens anyway.

The Montreux Convention and the Russia-Ukraine War

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Exceptions There are, however, some exceptions to this ban: the ban should not block Turkey or any other member of the United Nations (League of Nations at the time) from complying with the obligations that may arise from any binding decisions of the UN Security Council (Council of the League of Nations Convention at the time).

China vs Russia in Central Asia?

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” Although Sino-Russian collaboration through two non-western cooperative initiatives like the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the BRI have overshadowed the American influence in the region, the unprecedented rise of China in the region has certainly unsettled Moscow in its hinterland.

CSTO Mission in Kazakhstan Will Have Implications for Central Asia

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Indeed, Central Asia is a resource-endowed and strategic geographic location which is indispensable for establishing steady logistical ties between the East and West, and that once again has turned into an intersection of the strategic interests of such powerful players as Russia, China, Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, and the United States as well as a space for the emerging risks and uncertainties posed by the Taliban rise to power in Afghanistan.