In Moscow's Shadows 42: Moscow's Afghan Worries, and the Trouble with Predictions

In Moscow's Shadows

English - August 21, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MB
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There may be a little schadenfreude as America abandons Afghanistan and the Taliban sweep into Kabul, but Moscow is worried, above all about the country's three traditions exports: terror, refugees and opium.

The fate of the Afghan regime - and the way the 1991 August Coup caught the West by surprise - are also reminders of the problems in trying to predict the future...especially when it comes to Russia.

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