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The political developments in Afghanistan over the past decades have clearly revealed the link between this country’s internal order and the key security agendas in the Middle East. U.S. and coalition forces attacks on Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and advance state-building via the Bonn Agreement have resulted in relative political stability in Afghanistan, which lasted until 2021. The 2021 Doha Agreement between the US and the Taliban on the one hand and the Taliban and new emerging Post-Arab Uprising Middle Eastern powers on the other hand paved the way for the Taliban’s return to power. So, A key question concerns the relationship between power relations within the Middle East regional order and Afghanistan’s internal developments. The hypothesis holds that the role of the Middle East’s major powers in Afghanistan’s domestic affairs is largely shaped by the regional balance of power and directed toward mutual containment. Afghanistan’s internal developments appear to be profoundly influenced by regional and transregional power relations. This study will examine the relationship between the internal developments in Afghanistan and the regional order in the Post-Arab Uprising Middle East. Employing an analytical–descriptive method and grounded in balance-of-power theory, the study examines the link between Afghanistan’s internal developments and the Middle East regional order.

This research explores the complex relationship between changing environmental conditions and political dynamics in India, concentrating on The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, A Novel by Arundhati Roy. The research attempts to disentangle the complex aspects of eco-political changes in the Indian context by critically examining the story. The novel provides a literary framework for examining the intricacies of environmental transformation, encompassing matters such as resource exploitation and land use, as well as the effects of development strategies on underprivileged groups. Using ideas from the Anthropocene discourse, the study looks at how characters and settings respond to and reflect environmental issues, illuminating the wider socio-political ramifications of these changes. Through a critical engagement with the text, this study advances our understanding of the complex interplay between political power structures and environmental change in modern India. To disentangle the intricate relationships between nature, power, and identity that the narrative portrays, the research draws on ecocriticism and political ecology. In the end, it makes the case that literature is a potent tool for comprehending and tackling ecological and political concerns.

INTRODUCTION: Dust storms are among the most significant natural hazards that in recent years have led to a decline in the environmental quality of many urban and rural settlements in Iran. Therefore, the present study aims to examine the impact of dust storms on the urban environmental quality of Susangerd. METHODS: In this descriptive and analytical research, the statistical population consists of 377 citizens of Susangerd aged over 15. The designed questionnaire includes four main components. Data analysis was conducted using statistical methods, including the one-sample T-test and stepwise regression analysis, within the SPSS software environment. FINDINGS: The findings indicate that, based on the one-sample T-test, the environmental component had a mean score of 4.27, the economic component 4.16, the social component 4.00, and the physical component 3.71, all of which exceed the baseline value of 3. This suggests that dust storms have had an adverse impact on urban environmental quality in Susangerd across all studied components. CONCLUSION: According to the results, among the examined components, the environmental component had the most significant impact on urban environmental quality, with a beta coefficient of 0.314. Then, the economic component (0.300), the physical component (0.276), and finally the social component with a beta coefficient of 0.274 had the greatest contribution to urban environmental quality. In summary, the environmental effects of dust storms on Susangerd urban environment were more pronounced than those of the other three components.