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 ›
Afghanistan
Pakistan Shouldn’t Have Skipped The Moscow Meeting On Afghanistan
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 ›
Why’d Putin’s Special Envoy To Afghanistan Visit Kabul Amidst Pakistan-Taliban Tensions?
Why’d Putin’s Special Envoy To Afghanistan Visit Kabul Amidst Pakistan-Taliban Tensions? By Andrew Korybko Russia is a responsible regional stakeholder and therefore doesn’t want the worst-case scenario of a never-ending Pakistani-Taliban war to transpire, yet it’s powerless to directly shape the… Read More ›
Continued Pakistan-Taliban Tensions Can Indeed Lead To Another Never-Ending War
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 ›
China’s Oil Production Deal With Afghanistan Is Mutually Beneficial
China’s Oil Production Deal With Afghanistan Is Mutually Beneficial By Andrew Korybko What Afghanistan urgently needs isn’t more lectures about its internal affairs or military threats, but someone credible like China who sincerely believes in its people’s ability to reconstruct their… Read More ›
Twenty Truths About Pakistan-Taliban Ties In Light Of Their Latest Tensions
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
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 ›
Shared Threat Perceptions Of The Taliban Catalysed Strategic Pakistani-Tajik Cooperation
Shared Threat Perceptions Of The Taliban Catalysed Strategic Pakistani-Tajik Cooperation By Andrew Korybko The continued leadership of the Taliban’s extremist faction poses unacceptable security risks for Pakistan and Tajikistan that impede their vision of comprehensively expanding their mutually beneficial cooperation via… Read More ›
Afghan-Emanating Terrorist Threats Are Truly Among The CSTO’s Top Security Challenges
Afghan-Emanating Terrorist Threats Are Truly Among The CSTO’s Top Security Challenges By Andrew Korybko Afghan-emanating terrorist threats likely won’t abate anytime soon since their resolution requires: the US unfreezing that country’s funds to facilitate its sustainable reconstruction; meaningful progress being made… Read More ›
The New Russian-Indian-Iranian Troika On Afghanistan Balances The Chinese-Pakistani Duopoly
The New Russian-Indian-Iranian Troika On Afghanistan Balances The Chinese-Pakistani Duopoly By Andrew Korybko Those who aspire to analyse Afghanistan as accurately as possible must acknowledge this new dynamic. Russia, India, and Iran took a tangible step in the direction of creating a third pole of… Read More ›
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