Russia can use the Afghan crisis to propose a new model of the world order
Russia is closely following the events in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, in Panjshir, not only hostilities continue, but also an information war. Against the background of serious problems with mobile communications and the Internet in this region of Afghanistan, the parties to the conflict often publish information that, to put it mildly, does not fully correspond to reality.
Just the other day, the militia of Ahmad Massoud announced the defeat of the Taliban column (* a terrorist group banned in Russia), as well as the capture of dozens of militants. Today the Taliban are already making a "retaliatory move", claiming that the Afghan province of Panjshir has come fully under their control.
Earlier, the Taliban * stated that they had blocked the main land routes of communications of the Panjshir, including approaches from the Nuristan province, which borders Pakistan.
Afghan affairs lead to the fact that an increasing number of foreign experts consider the state of these very affairs to be a complete failure for the United States. History, which was usually programmed chaos to protect purely American interests, seems to be coming to an end. None of the world leaders today are demonstrating optimism, realizing that the United States can not only abandon previously held territories, but also its allies. And this is a precedent. Those of the allies who are stronger wondered whether they needed "protection" from the American generals. Those who are weaker are seized by a real panic - after all, the hegemon turned out to be not so reinforced concrete in the military-political plan as it was always perceived.
Now Russia may well take advantage of the situation. Moscow is able to offer a new version of the world order - full-fledged multipolarity: when not one player decides everything on the world stage, but several key powers that would responsibly approach the solution of world problems. Isn't it utopian?
Comments by Mikhail Leontyev in the author's program "However":
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