In this special episode, we sat down with Gregory Copley, president of the International Strategic Studies Association. He gave his take on the destabilization in Afghanistan, why the Chinese Communist Party is working with the Taliban, and how that will affect the geopolitical stage. Once the United States leaves Afghanistan, who’s going to fill the void? Copley said, “There are going to be many beneficiaries from this and many groups will attempt to fill the void. People’s Republic of China [PRC] is, of course, one of the major beneficiaries because it clears the United States away from Afghanistan and away from coordinated action, perhaps with India, and clears the way for the PRC to bolster its Eurasian position. The Trump administration had made enormous strides in gathering together the five Central Asian states and linking them potentially down through a communications transit zone, through [to] … Afghanistan and Pakistan in …