Will Tajikistan Stir Up Trouble Against The Taliban? By Andrew Korybko Tiny Tajikistan has outsized leverage that it might eventually employ in Afghanistan to push back against the Taliban. It’s well known that it shares a large border with its neighbour,… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Taliban’s Success In Afghanistan: Implications For The Muslim World
Taliban’s Success In Afghanistan: Implications For The Muslim World Hasan Abdullah, expert on International Relations and Theology, gives his analysis on the developing situation in Afghanistan. Implications for the Muslim World in light of Taliban’s Tremendous success in Afghanistan were… Read More ›
Chinese-Russian Cooperation Is The Key To Afghan Peace
Chinese-Russian Cooperation Is The Key To Afghan Peace By Andrew Korybko These major countries have pivotal roles to play through the Extended Troika, the SCO, the non-Western alternative financial institutions that they participate in, bilaterally with Afghanistan, and jointly with one… Read More ›
Here’s Why Russia Abstained From This Week’s UNSC Resolution On Afghanistan
Here’s Why Russia Abstained From This Week’s UNSC Resolution On Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko Russia’s stance – which was also the one taken by China – was the most pragmatic response to the West ignoring most of its concerns. Russian Permanent… Read More ›
Will India Impede BRICS And The SCO From Consensually Agreeing On Afghanistan?
Will India Impede BRICS And The SCO From Consensually Agreeing On Afghanistan? By Andrew Korybko The only country in either BRICS or the SCO that has any realistic chance of positively influencing India is Russia, which has been the South Asian… Read More ›
Biden Was Right To Hand Kabul To The Taliban And Not Cling To It Till The End
Biden Was Right To Hand Kabul To The Taliban And Not Cling To It Till The End By Andrew Korybko The alternative would have likely seen living conditions drastically deteriorate, food and other types of riots breaking out, ISIS-K attacking plenty… Read More ›
The Taliban’s Takeover Of Afghanistan Was The US’ Greatest Intel Failure Ever
The Taliban’s Takeover Of Afghanistan Was The US’ Greatest Intel Failure Ever By Andrew Korybko The key takeaway is that the US’ technological superiority was irrelevant during its War on Afghanistan and the human sources that it depended on for intelligence… Read More ›
Hezbollah And Syria Contradicted Alt-Media’s Emerging Narrative About Afghanistan
Hezbollah And Syria Contradicted Alt-Media’s Emerging Narrative About Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko Just because Hezbollah and Syrian representatives shared their interpretation of something doesn’t automatically mean that they’re right, but even if they’re considered to be, then that also doesn’t automatically… Read More ›
Korybko’s Response To Posobiec: The Taliban Won’t Blow Up Beijing’s BRI
Korybko’s Response To Posobiec: The Taliban Won’t Blow Up Beijing’s BRI By Andrew Korybko VoE is publishing Andrew Korybko’s response to popular conservative blogger Jack Posobiec’s prediction that the Taliban will blow up Beijing’s BRI within 5 years. It was originally… Read More ›
Biden Spoke The Truth About The Taliban’s Self-Interest
Biden Spoke The Truth About The Taliban’s Self-Interest By Andrew Korybko It’s understandable why these optics would concern the American public though since the average person has difficulty understanding why their government would trust a group that it still officially regards… Read More ›