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 ›
Reuters Has Ulterior Motives For Reporting That Iran Tipped Russia Off Before The Crocus Attack By Andrew Korybko This narrative is being pushed to deflect from the evidence tying Ukraine to the Crocus terrorist attack and to discredit the Russian security… 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 Economic Cooperation Organization Could Become A Pole In The Emerging World Order By Andrew Korybko At present, their combined potential is far from being fully tapped, but progress has gradually been made through two regional megaprojects, the Sino-Turkish Middle Corridor… Read More ›
Afghanistan’s Participation In CPEC Would Be Positive But Can’t Be Taken For Granted By Andrew Korybko The tense Pakistani-Taliban security dilemma, US influence over Islamabad, and CPEC’s lacklustre progress in recent years combine to temper expectations. The Taliban’s acting Commerce Minister revealed that… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Illegal Immigrant Crackdown Is Long Overdue But The Timing Has Ulterior Motives By Andrew Korybko It’s intended to scapegoat illegal immigrants for Pakistan’s cascading crises together with manipulating domestic and international perceptions ahead of the next elections, all at the… Read More ›
There Might Be A Pattern To The Latest Incidents On Pakistan’s Afghan And Indian Borders By Andrew Korybko The latest incidents might have been artificially manufactured by Pakistan’s military establishment for the purpose of restoring their country’s relevance to the US… Read More ›
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