International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES)[1] from Ljubljana, Slovenia, regularly analyses developments in the Middle East, Balkans and around the world. Anant Mishra, visiting fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales, and Dr. Christian Kaunert, professor of International Security at Dublin City University prepared comprehensive analysis entitled “How Qatar’s mediation diplomacy elevated the Taliban to the seat at Kabul” in which the authors write about Qatar’s commitment towards the Taliban - would this elevate Afghanistan from a deplorable humanitarian and socio-economic crisis or dip the country into a new.
