The world would be safer and more stable today if the US did what it falsely accuses China of not doing and that is engaging in the rules-based regional and international order together with China, Russia and their neighbors in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, ASEAN, UN and the like.
The strategic importance of this region determines that the U.S. will not really withdraw. The retrenchment will be a long-term process of trial and error, during which policy confusions, contradictions, repetitions, and so on, are inevitable.
The catastrophe in Afghanistan is the inevitable outcome of the long-term exertion of hegemony and power politics by the U.S. in the world.
If the reason for America’s failure stems from democracy itself, and the demand to place national self-interest above the rights of others, then that would suggest that democracy could endanger the collective well-being of the global community.
In order for think tanks to have something to write about and hence attract money, they need to have ‘problems’ in the world and propose ‘solutions’ America’s leaders can engage in.
The essence of the policy failure is that the US should not have invaded Afghanistan in the first place.
China hopes that the Afghan people will grasp the historic opportunity and take the nation’s destiny into their own hands.
Afghanistan is one example, but not the only one, that strongly proves America’s failure in its policy of interference.
Through these long-term development aid and investments, the world can help Afghanistan sustain peace and stand on its own feet. A peaceful Afghanistan with stable business environment and human resources will be beneficial for everyone.
The Western human rights narrative in its current form is a type of political theater designed to win public support for a foreign policy based on cold calculation of geostrategic and economic advantage.
The COVID-19 pandemic not only resulted in loss of innumerable lives, it also left a permanent impact on the socio-economic fabric of the nation.
The implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative will offer an investment boost, but only if safety is guaranteed first.
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