EU Engagement with the Taliban
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While the leverage is thin, these engagement frameworks often include specific clauses for technical monitoring of aid. This allows for higher transparency regarding where funds go compared to the previous blind-trust model.
I am not sure regional security is even the right term here. In practice, these talks rarely stop border skirmishes or the flow of illicit goods, so what specific security gain are they actually expecting?
Do you think there is a specific type of small-scale security agreement that could actually benefit local communities without requiring high-level political concessions?
follows the us-iran memorandum pattern; stability is the new priority for the west across the whole region.
If the EU completely isolates the Taliban, wouldn't that just push them further into the orbit of China or Russia? A total lack of engagement could leave Europe with zero leverage to negotiate humanitarian corridors.
This mirrors the 1990s approach to various pariah states. The leverage argument usually fails once the counterpart realizes the West is too fragmented to actually enforce the terms.
I am not sure the point about China and Russia holds up... wouldn't the Taliban already be leaning on them for infrastructure and mining regardless of EU talks?
The post overlooks the distinction between diplomatic recognition and technical engagement. The EU often uses these channels specifically to maintain the functionality of non-governmental aid pipelines, often called humanitarian carve-outs, without granting formal legitimacy.