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 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 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 Remains Reluctant To Comprehensively Expand Ties With Russia By Andrew Korybko It’s long since been time for Pakistan to put its money where its mouth is and begin doing what’s needed to prove that it’s not just stringing Russia along…. 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 ›
Analysing The Strategic Importance Of Russia’s Reportedly Planned Afghan Oil Hub By Andrew Korybko Continued maritime exports to the Indian Ocean Region across the Baltic, Black, and Mediterranean Seas might be deemed strategically undependable due to tensions with the West, hence… Read More ›
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