The Extended Troika Is Incomplete Without India & Iran But It’ll Still Manage By Andrew Korybko India’s and Iran’s refusal to participate in the Extended Troika on Afghanistan alongside Russia, Pakistan, China, and the US due to New Delhi’s reluctance to… Read More ›
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The New Quad Is Better Than The Old One
The New Quad Is Better Than The Old One By Andrew Korybko The newly established US-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Uzbekistan framework The newly established US-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Uzbekistan framework is the embodiment of Pakistan’s multi-alignment policy of balancing between Great Powers. It complements the 2016 Quadrilateral Cooperation & Coordination Mechanism… Read More ›
Understanding the Legal Framework and Regulatory Regimes of Central Asia
Understanding the Legal Framework and Regulatory Regimes of Central Asia By News Desk On 9th July 2021, an In-House Discussion on the topic “Understanding the Legal Framework and Regulatory Regimes of Central Asia” was jointly organized by Area Study Center… Read More ›
What’s The SCO’s Game Plan For Afghanistan?
What’s The SCO’s Game Plan For Afghanistan? By Andrew Korybko The SCO would do well to coordinate its members’ efforts to contain Afghan-emanating regional terrorist threats such as ISIS-K, encourage a political compromise between Kabul and the Taliban, and devise a… Read More ›
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov Advocates Multipolar World Order
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov Advocates Multipolar World Order By Andrew Korybko Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov published an extremely detailed article earlier this week that should be read in full by all supporters of the emerging Multipolar World Order. Russia has… Read More ›
China’s Promise Of Full Support To Syria Might Be A Geopolitical Game-Changer
China’s Promise Of Full Support To Syria Might Be A Geopolitical Game-Changer By Andrew Korybko President Xi’s telegrammed promise of full support to Syria after its latest elections could be a geopolitical game-changer if his rhetoric presages a new reality wherein… Read More ›
The Literary Traditions and Future Tendencies of China and Pakistan
The Literary Traditions and Future Tendencies of China and Pakistan By Dr Maqsood Jafri Pakistan Academy of Letters and China Writers Association are holding a Webinar on the topic: “The Literary Traditions and Future Tendencies of China and Pakistan.” I… Read More ›
Biden’s Afghan Withdrawal Isn’t A Blow To China
Biden’s Afghan Withdrawal Isn’t A Blow To China By Andrew Korybko It was hyperbole for Ghosh to claim that ‘Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Is A Blow To China’. It might only be so in the worst-case scenario, which is far from certain…. Read More ›
The US-Russian Sanctions War: Symbolic, Substantive, Or Strategic?
The US-Russian Sanctions War: Symbolic, Substantive, Or Strategic? By Andrew Korybko The recently intensified “sanctions war” between the US and Russia has made many observers wonder whether this escalation is symbolic, substantive, or strategic. The US’ imposition last week of its… Read More ›
What’s Everything That Biden And Putin Have To Discuss?
What’s Everything That Biden And Putin Have To Discuss? By Andrew Korybko The American and Russian Presidents have a slew of issues to discuss in the event that they meet in person sometime in the coming future like Biden proposed doing… Read More ›