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 ›
PAKAFUZ’s Connectivity Potential Is Totally Dependent On Troubled Pakistan-Taliban Ties By Andrew Korybko PAKAFUZ isn’t as promising of a project as it initially seemed due to its total dependence on seemingly intractable Pakistani-Taliban tensions and the revival of the North-South Transport… 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 ›
Pakistan’s Barter Trade With Afghanistan, Iran And Russia Can Help Average People By Andrew Korybko Parts of the real economy could remain alive while the authorities race to replenish the state’s rapidly depleting funds, which would help avert the worst-case scenario… 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 ›
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? 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 ›
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