Seminar On Diamond Jubilee Of Pakistan Emphasises Relations With Central Asian States By News Desk Lahore – MUSLIM Institute organized a seminar on “Diamond Jubilee of Pakistan and Pakistan’s Relations with Central Asian States”. Dewan of Junagadh and Chairman MUSLIM… Read More ›
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Pakistan’s Response To Taliban’s Claim Isn’t Convincing
Pakistan’s Response To The Taliban’s Claim That It’s A US Military Proxy Isn’t Convincing By Andrew Korybko It’s not surprising that they denied the Taliban Defence Minister’s claim, as is their right to do whether they’re telling the truth or not,… Read More ›
A Dangerous Security Dilemma Is Rapidly Developing In Pakistan-Taliban Relations
A Dangerous Security Dilemma Is Rapidly Developing In Pakistan-Taliban Relations By Andrew Korybko While the Pakistani-Taliban security dilemma owes its origins to “innocent” misperceptions of the other that were previously manageable since neither suspected that any adversarial third party was meddling… Read More ›
The Taliban Defence Minister Just Called Pakistan Out For Being An American Military Proxy
The Taliban Defence Minister Just Called Pakistan Out For Being An American Military Proxy By Andrew Korybko It’s objectively the case that Pakistan’s prior alliance with America against the Afghan Taliban ended up fueling the TTP and other terrorist groups’ war… Read More ›
China’s Insight Into The “Kabul Moment” Is Worth Considering
China’s Insight Into The “Kabul Moment” Is Worth Considering By Andrew Korybko The takeaway from China’s insight into the “Kabul moment” is that the US is seeking to impose the same failed hegemonic model onto the Asia-Pacific as it earlier attempted… Read More ›
Russia Wonders Whether The Al Qaeda Chief’s Assassination Will Help ISIS In Afghanistan
Russia Wonders Whether The Al Qaeda Chief’s Assassination Will Help ISIS In Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov wonders whether this alleged development might actually end up being a game changer for Afghanistan in the worst possible… Read More ›
Did The US Assassinate The Al Qaeda Chief From A Kyrgyz Base?
Did The US Assassinate The Al Qaeda Chief From A Kyrgyz Base? By Andrew Korybko This interpretation of events speculating that COAS Bajwa approved of an American drone flying through Pakistani airspace to assassinate the Al Qaeda chief in neighbouring Afghanistan… Read More ›
Pakistan-backed US Military Factor: Everything Is Getting Messy Again In Afghanistan
Pakistan-backed US Military Factor: Everything Is Getting Messy Again In Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko Afghanistan’s internal insecurity, border tensions, and the potentially Pakistani-backed US military factor are combining to create yet another storm in the New Cold War that threatens to… Read More ›
Comprehensively Expanding Russia-Afghanistan Trade Ties Would Be Mutually Beneficial
Comprehensively Expanding Russia-Afghanistan Trade Ties Would Be Mutually Beneficial By Andrew Korybko Russia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan should work more closely together in pursuit of their common multipolar goals in order to strengthen the interconnected Central Asian-South Asian space. Most of the… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Cross-Border Strikes Confirm Its Anti-Terrorist Commitment
Pakistan’s Cross-Border Strikes Confirm Its Anti-Terrorist Commitment By Andrew Korybko Whatever one might wonder about the new coalition authorities’ foreign policy, and a lot remains to be clarified such as their envisioned policy towards Russia after former Prime Minister Khan claimed… Read More ›