Current geopolitical strategies of countries or trading partners reflect a“New Great Game”in the wake of the Covid19 pandemic,especially across Eurasia.Strategies range from modification of China’s decade-long“Bel...
a project supported by the National Social Science Fund of China on “Islamic Radicalism and De-extremization” (20BZJ035)。
The Afghan Taliban(hereafter termed the Taliban) has returned to power in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US troops from the country. However, acquiring political legitimacy at home and winning international r...
the result of the initial research of a key project supported by the National Social Science Fund of China on the“Multi-Dimensional Comparative Research of Modern Nation and State Building in the Middle East(Multi-Volume)”(Grant No.20&ZD240)。
In the wake of the Afghanistan War,the Afghan Taliban(hereafter termed the Taliban)quickly regrouped and set up a horizontal organizational structure in which their ethnic composition became increasingly diverse and t...
Pashtuns have been subjected to the colonially constructed representation of themselves which is grounded on certain generalisations and stereotypes that were framed and propagated during the time of British military ...
The ideological transition within the Taliban movement has witnessed several trajectories.Starting from a socio-cultural movement for bringing about law and order in the society as the ruler of Kabul in the mid-1990s;...
As a major player in South Asia,India’s priority in Afghanistan is to support the Afghan government established after 2001.However,the political and security challenges after the announcement of US military withdrawa...
From the beginnings of Wahabism in the 18th century to the so called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS) violence has occasionally been justified in the name of Islam, which is problematic for secular ...
Pakistan is one of the most important players as well as a playground frontier of the global war on terrorism beginning from September 11 to the present. In this paper we delineate the complexities of the war against ...
Marking a new chapter of extremism as well as terrorism in South Asia,Pakistani Taliban movement is a product of the regional geo-political changes.Taliban’s penetration into Pakistan and its expansion from FATA and ...
In the ensuing two to three years after the downfall of the Taliban regime,there were comparatively few incidents of violence in Afghanistan and the situation was once relatively stable.The Karzai administration was g...