https://www.scmp.com/rss/329691/feed Chayanika Saxena is a President Graduate Fellow and final year PhD candidate at the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore. A political and human geographer by training, her doctoral research is on the socio-spatial negotiations of the Afghan refugees and migrants in the Indian cities of New Delhi and Kolkata. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com One of the hotspots of the seemingly unending conflicts, the borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan have become a significant link in the global chain of narcotics production. Add to this cauldron a potent mix of terrorism, extremism and radicalism, and we have a nexus of activities and events that pose a threat to both countries, and to the rest of the world. India, because of its geographical proximity to the infamous “golden crescent” – the region comprising Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3186624/how-instability-afghanistan-raises-global-risk-narco-terrorism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3186624/how-instability-afghanistan-raises-global-risk-narco-terrorism?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:30:21 +0000 The competition for geopolitical attention is visible in our collective framing of conflicts wherein some crises appear more urgent than the others. Accordingly, the larger picture that has emerged is one of historical cherry-picking when it is crucial for us to recognise the linkages that exist between seemingly disparate conflicts. In particular, the ongoing crises in Ukraine and Afghanistan have been transformed into geopolitically disconnected concerns even as there is much that connects... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3178689/how-russias-ukraine-invasion-echoes-soviet-unions-afghanistan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3178689/how-russias-ukraine-invasion-echoes-soviet-unions-afghanistan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 May 2022 19:30:18 +0000 Far from being stable, Afghanistan is yet to even see its many conflicts end. The fractured political, economic and social reality of Afghanistan that we witness today is, in fact, the creation of a fractured mandate for peace. Despite the sheer number of international peace processes that have been initiated in Afghanistan’s name, little has been achieved in terms of restoring peace, stability and order there. These processes have often paralleled each other, vying for significance lest peace... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/2176325/china-and-india-can-succeed-afghanistan-where-us-russia-failed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/2176325/china-and-india-can-succeed-afghanistan-where-us-russia-failed?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Dec 2018 11:32:02 +0000