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 ›
Russia Should Think Twice About Inviting Afghan Farmhands To Chechnya And Tatarstan By Andrew Korybko It’s unclear why Russia is exploring the import of migrants from much more fundamentalist and dangerous Afghanistan who struggle to assimilate and integrate while scrutinizing migrants… Read More ›
Russia Is Preparing To Strategically Partner With The Taliban By Andrew Korybko The driving force for removing the Taliban’s terrorist designation and inviting it to next month’s investment forum is the desire to make tangible progress on reaching a strategic energy… Read More ›
Pakistan Is Unlikely To Invade And Annex Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor By Andrew Korybko Balochistan’s Information Minister is psychologically pressuring the Taliban with his dramatic tweet about Pakistan invading and annexing the Wakhan Corridor in the event that it experiences another terrorist… Read More ›
Russia Thwarted ISIS-K’s Plot To Trigger Inter-Religious Discord By Andrew Korybko Provocations of this kind could exacerbate preexisting divisions by lending false credence to Islamophobic radicals that want a so-called “Russia for Russians”. The FSB busted a branch of the Afghan-based ISIS-K terrorist… Read More ›
The Re-Establishment Of American Drone Bases In Pakistan Would Be Mutually Detrimental By Andrew Korybko The speculation prompted by Balochistan interim Information Minister Jan Achakzai’s now-deleted tweet is probably just a tempest in a teapot. Balochistan’s interim Information Minister Jan Achakzai… Read More ›
The TTP’s Terrorist Threat To Pakistan Is Metastasizing By Andrew Korybko The challenge ahead is a formidable one that will require the military-intelligence services to fully focus on this newly metastasized terrorist threat in order to emerge victorious, which in turn… Read More ›
Russia’s Afghan Point Man Hinted At The Possibility Of Military-Technical Ties With The Taliban By Andrew Korybko The carrot that Kabulov just dangled in his latest interview might not be enough on its own to entice the Taliban to finally make… Read More ›
The Taliban Are Playing A Dangerous Game By Violating Iran’s Water Rights By Andrew Korybko The best outcome for the region would be for the SCO to get involved as a neutral mediator upon these two’s request seeing as how Iran… Read More ›
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