Imran Khan’s Remark On Pro-US Bias Puts Pakistan-Russia Ties Into Context By Andrew Korybko American influence still powerfully shapes Pakistani foreign policy even 10 months after the post-modern coup and almost 3 months after the end of former COAS Bajwa’s tenure…. Read More ›
Pakistan Shouldn’t Have Skipped The Moscow Meeting On Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko The five disadvantageous outcomes of Pakistan’s decision were that: 1) Russia was left wondering why Pakistan conveyed its interest in this event during Kabulov’s trip to Islamabad only for… Read More ›
More Robust Russian-Pakistani Energy Ties Contribute To Stabilizing South Asia By Andrew Korybko By helping to resolve elements of the post-modern coup regime’s self-inflicted economic crisis through the planned export of discounted energy, Russia is indirectly averting the worst-case scenario of… Read More ›
Déjà Vu In Moscow As Bilawal Bhutto Visits Almost A Year After Imran Khan Did By Andrew Korybko It’s of course in Pakistan’s objective national interests that it successfully clinches comprehensive economic and energy deals with Russia in order to relieve… Read More ›
The Pakistani Petroleum Minister Discredited Prior Fake News About Russian Oil By Andrew Korybko Pakistani Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik’s official statement about Pakistan’s intent to import 35% of its total crude oil requirement from Russia, which was obviously… Read More ›
Russia-Pakistan Economic And Energy Cooperation Just Took A Great Leap Forward By Andrew Korybko It’s still too early to render judgement on Pakistan’s de facto most powerful official since he only just assumed office, yet the great leap forward in mutually… Read More ›
Continued Pakistan-Taliban Tensions Can Indeed Lead To Another Never-Ending War By Andrew Korybko The worst-case scenario is that Pakistan launches even just a limited ground operation into Afghanistan together with relying on US drone strikes either across the border or within… Read More ›
Twenty Truths About Pakistan-Taliban Ties In Light Of Their Latest Tensions By Andrew Korybko Pakistani-Taliban ties are a lot more complicated than most observers assume, especially in light of their latest tensions. They lost control over their security dilemma after their… Read More ›
Pakistan Might Be About To Launch A “Special Military Operation” In Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko The Pakistani-Taliban security dilemma is untenable and quickly approaching the breaking point, which is why Islamabad might soon seize the initiative to decisively defend itself from… Read More ›
Pakistan: Why Caretaker Technocrat Government Is A Bad Idea? By Lt Gen Muhammad Haroon Aslam (Retd) “It is the set of sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.” It is getting amply clearer… Read More ›