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Marvin G. Weinbaum
Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies
The U.S., until recently a tireless promoter of peace talks in Doha, is now making an end run around the deadlocked inter-Afghan negotiations. With the whole peace process seemingly grinding down to defeat, U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad has presented a new game plan designed to keep reconciliation hopes alive. The eight-page document envisions an interim governing structure that would presumably pave the way to a permanent power-sharing arrangement between an array of Afghan political elites and Taliban senior leadership. To kick off the diplomatic effort, the U.S. has proposed holding a U.N.-sponsored conference in Turkey. Expected to attend along with the U.S. would be representatives from Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, and India, whose deliberations would set the stage for Afghan government-led and Taliban delegations to negotiate their differences.
Resetting Pakistan-US relations
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Charles Schmitz
Non-Resident Scholar
Last week, President Joe Biden declared the end of U.S. support for “offensive operations” in Yemen, renewed U.S. support for U.N. efforts for a cease-fire and political settlement of the war, and appointed a special envoy to Yemen, while U.N. Special Envoy Martin Griffiths made his first official visit to Tehran over the weekend. Changing course, winding down the war, imposing a cease-fire, and negotiating a political settlement sound nice, but what exactly is Plan B, the Biden Plan?
Plan A was the American-Saudi-Emirati air and ground campaign in support of Yemeni opposition aimed at dislodging the Houthis from Sanaa in accordance with U.N. Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 2201 and 2216. The war failed spectacularly. In fact, it consolidated Houthi control over the populated western highlands of Yemen in part because Yemenis rallied around the principled defense of national sovereignty even if they weren’t fond of the Houthis and in
د. بول سالم
رئيس معهد الشرق الأوسط
تميز عام 2020 في الشرق الأوسط بجائحة كوفيد-19، والتكلفة الاجتماعية والاقتصادية العميقة التي تتسبب فيها. والتحولات الإقليمية التي أحدثها تطبيع العلاقات بين إسرائيل وعدد من الدول العربية.
ضرب الوباء إيران وتركيا في وقت مبكر، تلاه العراق وبعض دول الخليج، لكنه سرعان ما انتشر في جميع أنحاء المنطقة. من الصعب تعميم معدلات العدوى والوفيات على نحو دقيق. حيث إن العديد من دول الشرق الأوسط تعلن أرقامًا أقل من الواقع، ولكن الجائحة ينتج عنها أزمات صحية في جميع أنحاء المنطقة. العديد من الدول كانت استباقية في اتخاذ إجراءات ال�
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