China’s Goals after the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan | Strengthening Transatlantic Cooperation
アフガンを巡る複雑すぎる国際関係がある、とい認識と、米国は頼りにならない、という中国のプロパガンダを注意すべき点は同盟国日本として肝に銘じる点かと。
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China is coordinating closely with Pakistan, on which it will rely to navigate dynamics within the Taliban, and with Russia, with which it would prefer to work in diplomatic lockstep. But Beijing is also in contact with the Western powers, which will—among other things—have a significant impact on the finances of the new government.
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TIP may be less prominent in Afghanistan than in Syria but there are still members of the group there fighting in support of the Taliban, to whom they have pledged allegiance, and Uyghur fighters have been provided with safe haven in Taliban-controlled territories for many years.
TIPはシリアよりもアフガニスタンでは目立たないかもしれないが、そこには忠誠を誓っているタリバンを支持して戦うメンバーがいて、ウイグル人戦闘員は長年にわたってタリバン支配地域に安全な避難場所を提供されてきた。
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China’s propaganda machine has been spewing out stories about the hasty U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as evidence that the United States is an unreliable ally and a declining power. The rapid U.S. military retreat from Afghanistan is depicted as the third sign of the decay of U.S. hegemony following the global financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.