PAKAFUZ’s Connectivity Potential Is Totally Dependent On Troubled Pakistan-Taliban Ties By Andrew Korybko PAKAFUZ isn’t as promising of a project as it initially seemed due to its total dependence on seemingly intractable Pakistani-Taliban tensions and the revival of the North-South Transport… Read More ›
Putin Is Unlikely To Listen To Medvedev’s “Inhumane” Advice About Fighting Terrorism By Andrew Korybko The so-called “turbo-patriots” as they’re popularly known nowadays in Russia won’t be happy, but they should respect President Putin’s reluctance to escalate if they’re true patriots,… Read More ›
RT’s Timur Fomenko Is Right: China’s Call For Asian Unity Will Likely Fall On Deaf Ears By Andrew Korybko Some Asia-Pacific countries’ “negative nationalism” vis-a-vis China is just as toxic as the variant expressed by many Central and Eastern Europeans vis-a-vis… Read More ›
Russia Did The Right Thing By Declining To Extend The Grain Deal By Andrew Korybko Earlier “goodwill gestures” only resulted in making a fool out of Russia even though that wasn’t the Kremlin’s intent. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Monday that “The… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Latest Attack Against The Crimean Bridge Was A Desperate Distraction By Andrew Korybko Instead of obsessing over this incident and getting the hopes of Kiev’s supporters unrealistically high, it would be much more responsible for the media to precondition everyone… Read More ›
Sudan’s Neighbours Signalled That They Are Disinterested In Fighting A Divide-And-Rule Proxy War By Andrew Korybko Sudan’s neighbours might not be able to stop its slide into a full-scale civil war that sparks the next “African World War”, but it wouldn’t… Read More ›
Poland Complicated Its Regional Leadership Plans By Trying To Fleece Germany By Andrew Korybko Germany can now claim to be a more reliable long-term military partner for Ukraine while Lithuania will partially replace the role that Poland could have played in… Read More ›
South Africa’s Deputy President Spilled The Beans About His Country’s BRICS-ICC Dilemma By Andrew Korybko None of this bodes well for bilateral ties with Russia or BRICS’ unity. The Mail & Guardian published a very interesting interview with South African Deputy President Paul… Read More ›
The Russian-Iranian Disagreement Over Some Gulf Islands Is Manageable By Andrew Korybko Iran takes issue with anyone simply acknowledging the Emirates’ claims like China and Russia did in their joint statements with the GCC since it believes that this lends credence… Read More ›
Wagner’s Rescue Of Chinese Miners In The Central African Republic Debunks Several False Claims By Andrew Korybko Not only does this latest development debunk the Daily Beast’s fake news a few months back alleging that this group slaughtered Chinese miners, but… Read More ›
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