The Taliban’s Return To The Global Stage: Stakes For India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, China, And The US By Andrew Korybko Given the renewed interest that major stakeholders – India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, China, and the US – have in Afghanistan, the… Read More ›
WaPo’s Report About Terrorists’ Use Of US-Sourced Afghan Arms Against Pakistan Is Misleading By Andrew Korybko The Pakistani Establishment shares some blame for the latest terrorist upsurge together with America and the Taliban to differing degrees, yet WaPo avoided drawing attention… Read More ›
Trump’s Strategic Ambitions In Afghanistan: Challenges And Implications For US-Pakistan Relations By Andrew Korybko Geographic reasons make this a practical necessity if he wants to restore the US’ military presence at Bagram Airbase and/or return some of the equipment that Biden… Read More ›
Russia Has A Better Chance Of Mediating Afghan-Pakistani Tensions Than China Does By Andrew Korybko Russia’s grand geo-economic plans in this part of Eurasia are dependent on the resolution of these tensions, while China’s will continue being advanced regardless of whatever… Read More ›
2025 Might Be A Difficult Year For Sino-Pak Ties By Andrew Korybko Here’s the full interview that I gave to VOA China’s FM Shakil on this subject, excerpts of which were published in their report on 20 January titled “安全和阿富汗问题将考验2025年中国与巴基斯坦的关系” Sino-Pak… Read More ›
Why’s The Russian-Taliban Bounty Scandal From Summer 2020 Suddenly Back In The News? By Andrew Korybko The Insider, which is designated as a foreign agent in Russia, wants to complicate Trump’s peace talks with Russia, improve US ties with Pakistan at… Read More ›
2025 Might Be A Tumultuous Year For South Asia By Andrew Korybko The future of Indo-US relations under Trump 2.0 will ultimately play the largest role in determining the degree of tumult that South Asia experiences next year. South Asia is… Read More ›
China Will Struggle To Bring Pakistan And The Taliban Back Together By Andrew Korybko Here’s the full interview that I gave to VOA China’s FM Shakil on this subject, excerpts of which were published in their report on 8 December titled… Read More ›
Russia Has Pragmatic Reasons For Partnering With The Taliban By Andrew Korybko Here’s the full interview that I gave to The Media Line’s Arshad Mehmood, excerpts of which were included in his report about how “Moscow’s Move To Delist Taliban Faces… Read More ›
China, Iran, Pakistan And Russia Are Increasingly Displeased With The Afghan Taliban By Andrew Korybko All four agree that it isn’t doing enough to fight international terrorist groups inside Afghanistan. The Chinese, Iranian, Pakistani and Russian Foreign Ministers gathered for their… Read More ›
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