Weekend Reading - International Affairs

As US retreats from policeman role, rest of world pressed to fill void
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Afghanistan-turmoil/As-US-retreats-from-policeman-role-rest-of-world-pressed-to-fill-void

The U.S. reckons with defeat in Afghanistan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/30/america-reckons-defeat-afghanistan/

Would Japan defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/would-japan-defend-taiwan-
 
China’s Great Game in Afghanistan
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/china-s-great-game-in-afghanistan
 
The Old Cliché About Afghanistan That Won’t Die
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/08/28/afghanistan-graveyard-britain-us-russia-506990 

The time for equivocating about a nuclear-armed, Taliban-friendly Pakistan is over
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/23/john-bolton-taliban-takeover-pakistan-extremists/