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For the Taliban, the state’s main purpose is not protecting individual rights, but making individuals honor their obligations.
The impacts on perceptions of US power in the Indo-Pacific are now unavoidably tied to the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The war in Ukraine has thrown into relief the prospects for peace in the Indo-Pacific.
At a national level, intra-jihadi competition is likely to ensure a prominent role for Taliban hardliners.
Two months into the Taliban take-over of Afghanistan – where are we now?
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