Doha has spent years building political capital with the Taliban. Now it will have an opportunity to spend it.

The new geopolitical reality on China’s borders could trade short-term pain for long-term gain.

The fall of Kabul is causing some to question Washington’s commitment to its East Asian allies.

Once again, the old adage is vindicated: Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Billions of dollars’ worth of US weapons and equipment have fallen into Taliban hands, making the new regime a military force in the region from day one.

A Taliban-controlled Afghanistan reshuffles the geopolitical deck in a highly strategic region.

The Afghan government is on borrowed time after a string of battlefield successes by the Taliban.

Surging violence is a grim reminder that there is no credible peace process for post-NATO Afghanistan.

President Biden may have ended Washington’s endless war. But for Pakistan, the real struggle might just be beginning.

The ‘new normal’ will be forged by Afghan actors, but the stakes remain high for foreign stakeholders like China, the United States, India, and Pakistan.