Global Outlook: an update on Afghanistan

In The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest global outlook video, Agathe Demarais, Fung Siu and Matthew Sherwood discuss the global implications of the Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan.

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has sparked security concerns in neighbouring countries. The EIU’s principal economist for Asia, Fung Siu, examines Iran and Pakistan’s approach to a potential wave of refugees, China’s security concerns and the medium-term outlook for Afghanistan and the South Asia region.

Shifting focus to the US, global economist Matthew Sherwood assesses what the situation in Afghanistan tells us about US foreign policy, focusing on whether the US’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan signals a shift towards isolationism for the US.

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