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 ›
Fact Check: The Russian Ambassador To Pakistan Wasn’t Targeted By Terrorists By Andrew Korybko Influential accounts have a responsibility to their audience to perform due diligence before sharing their opinion about extremely sensitive news items like this one. A remote-controlled improvised… Read More ›
Ten Things To Know About Afghanistan On The Third Anniversary Of The Taliban’s Return To Power By Andrew Korybko While Afghanistan no longer functions as a US airbase in the Eurasian Heartland, it’s now a source of unconventional threats to the… Read More ›
The Taliban’s Recognition Of Jammu And Kashmir As Separate From Pakistan Will Irritate Islamabad By Andrew Korybko The Taliban’s decision to describe the Wakhan Corridor’s south-eastern border as Jammu & Kashmir instead of Gilgit-Baltistan is a clever psychological provocation against Pakistan,… Read More ›
Pakistan’s New Counterterrorism Operation Was Likely Triggered By Chinese Concerns About CPEC By Andrew Korybko The lacklustre joint statement that followed the Pakistani premier’s visit to China suggested that the People’s Republic is souring on his country due to its inability… Read More ›
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