“We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies.
Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.”
-Lord Palmerston, speech in House of Commons, 1848
Michael Hughes
November 16, 2018
The Russian government escalated its involvement in the 21st Century’s version of the Great Game by hosting a Taliban delegation for talks in Moscow on November 9. The Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989 after a brutal and bloody war of nearly a decade and many Taliban, in fact, took part in the conflict as members of the mujahideen. Which is why the imagery of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hand-in-hand with long bearded Taliban mullahs discussing a road map for Afghanistan was a surreal sight to behold indeed. Click here to read more.
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