A ‘Strategic Apocalypse’ in Afghanistan: A Seismic Shift, Years in the Making
Alastair Crooke- China is more determined to shape the region than many analysts realise
China is more determined to shape the region than many analysts realise
A huge geo-political event has just occurred in Afghanistan: The implosion of a key western strategy for managing what Mackinder, in the 19th century, called the Asian heartland. That it was accomplished, without fighting, and in few days, is almost unprecedented.
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