Although the recent conflict between the Tajik and Kyrgyz forces in the border areas was ended in less than 24 hours via a ceasefire agreement, it didn’t manage to sooth the concerns of the regional and ...

The US-Taliban talks opened a new way towards the intra-Afghan talks. The talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have been held for several times in Qatar and Moscow, and will continue in ...

In order to change its regional and international status, Pakistan has made changes in its domestic and foreign policy that cannot be labeled as hoax. Islamabad has found that adopting a security-oriented ...

Turkey and Iran have plenty of mutual interests in Central Asia. First of all, both Ankara and Tehran are enjoying good relations with the regional states and both of them are following their own political ...

Following the collapse of the Taliban political system, the Bonn Conference was held on the basis of Lakhdar Brahimi’s "light footprint" plan in order to hand over Afghanistan’s control to the Afghan ...

For Afghanistan, the Istanbul Conference is just like the Bonn Conference in 2001. The conference - to be held by the United Nations in cooperation with regional countries and the United States - is scheduled ...

The South Asia region has witnessed many changes in the recent years that have affected the countries of the region and beyond. Pakistan’s location in a multifaceted region, as well as its proximity to ...

This infographic shows the statistics of explosions, suicide bombings, and military operations (the Afghan forces and the Taliban) as well as the number of casualties (the Afghan soldiers, the Taliban,...

According to various considerations, Iran and Afghanistan have no choice but to cooperate in water management in the Helmand watershed. Kamal Khan Dam is now completed and has created the opportunity ...

Russia has a relatively high sensitivity towards the security developments of Central Asia and its surrounding areas. From this perspective, the developments of the surrounding areas, especially Afghanistan,...

Joe Biden's team is facing a complex dilemma in Afghanistan and it seems that it has not reached a final conclusion yet. Biden's foreign policy team is caught between two conflicting realities in Afghanistan....

The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations, which have seemed to be strategic so far, are changing profoundly. This transformation has been intensified under the influence of the political and ideological rivalries ...

This infographic shows the statistics of explosions, suicide bombings, and military operations (the Afghan forces and the Taliban) as well as the number of casualties (the Afghan soldiers, the Taliban,...

The RAND institute has provided a 200-page roadmap for peace process in Afghanistan. US officials have given the English text of the plan to some parties. I managed to get access to the text before traveling ...

The ups and downs of the relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan over recent months, are indicating a serious trouble between the two strategic allies. At first glance, it seems that the starting ...

Votes of Central Asian countries to important and key issues such as the anti-Iranian human rights resolution have rarely changed. The change of opinion took place only when we witnessed a serious change ...

This infographic shows the statistics of explosions, suicide bombings, and military operations (the Afghan forces and the Taliban) as well as the number of casualties (the Afghan soldiers, the Taliban,...

Turkey is pursuing its own regional approach and emphasize that, unlike Russia, China and other countries, it has abandoned the concept of "spheres of influence" and prefers to focus on the common interests,...

A roundtable discussion was held by the Institute for East Strategic Studies (IESS) about the tensions in the Saudi Arabia-Pakistan relations.

In the last months of Donald Trump’s administration, it seems that all of his efforts to stabilize Afghanistan have failed. Meanwhile, Turkmenistan's relations with Russia has improved and a kind of balance ...