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.
With deadly attacks on civilians, interpreters and the Afghan National Security Forces, the surge in violence after US and NATO troop withdrawal is demoralising the population at large.
The situation is a demonstration of bitter social and political divisions that continue to take their toll upon the country’s wellbeing and national interest.
Only by collaborating more openly as a region with a shared future can this area of the globe prosper, and it must, in turn, counter politics of unilateralism, hegemonism and geopolitical confrontation striving to divide, politicize, blame and cut the globe up into blocs.
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