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 ›
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2025 Might Be A Tumultuous Year For South Asia
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
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 ›
Beyond Geopolitics: Russian-Pakistani Ties Aren’t Aimed Against India
Beyond Geopolitics: Russian-Pakistani Ties Aren’t Aimed Against India By Andrew Korybko Russia envisages the improvement of relations with Pakistan enabling it to mediate a resolution to that country’s disputes with Afghanistan and India, per all parties’ request for its diplomatic assistance… Read More ›
Russia Has Pragmatic Reasons For Partnering With The Taliban
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
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
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
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 Latest Unrest In Gwadar Imperils Pakistan’s Eurasian Connectivity Plans
The Latest Unrest In Gwadar Imperils Pakistan’s Eurasian Connectivity Plans By Andrew Korybko Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics are more inclined to focus their exports on Iran’s North-South Transport Corridor instead of Pakistan’s CPEC so long as the Baloch Conflict… Read More ›
The Taliban’s Recognition Of Jammu And Kashmir As Separate From Pakistan Will Irritate Islamabad
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 ›