<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Asia-Pacific on Geopolitics-Today</title><link>https://geopolitics-today.com/en/categories/asia-pacific/</link><description>Recent content in Asia-Pacific on Geopolitics-Today</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:44:25 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://geopolitics-today.com/en/categories/asia-pacific/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Afghanistan: a quiet chaos</title><link>https://geopolitics-today.com/en/articles/2026-04-20-afghanistan-a-quiet-chaos/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://geopolitics-today.com/en/articles/2026-04-20-afghanistan-a-quiet-chaos/</guid><description>Almost five years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan remains one of the unresolved issues of the international order. The Western withdrawal has left behind a sort of quiet chaos: a context rife with latent tensions, strategic ambiguities and structural fragility. Afghanistan remains a potential source of instability, contained but not resolved.</description></item><item><title>A step back before the trap</title><link>https://geopolitics-today.com/en/articles/2026-04-15-a-step-back-before-the-trap/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://geopolitics-today.com/en/articles/2026-04-15-a-step-back-before-the-trap/</guid><description>On April 7, Trump had threatened the ‘end of a civilization’ if Iran did not accept the ultimatum. The American president took a ‘step back before falling into the trap.</description></item></channel></rss>