More Robust Russian-Pakistani Energy Ties Contribute To Stabilizing South Asia By Andrew Korybko By helping to resolve elements of the post-modern coup regime’s self-inflicted economic crisis through the planned export of discounted energy, Russia is indirectly averting the worst-case scenario of… Read More ›
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Déjà Vu In Moscow As Bilawal Bhutto Visits Almost A Year After Imran Khan Did
Déjà Vu In Moscow As Bilawal Bhutto Visits Almost A Year After Imran Khan Did By Andrew Korybko It’s of course in Pakistan’s objective national interests that it successfully clinches comprehensive economic and energy deals with Russia in order to relieve… Read More ›
The Pakistani Petroleum Minister Discredited Prior Fake News About Russian Oil
The Pakistani Petroleum Minister Discredited Prior Fake News About Russian Oil By Andrew Korybko Pakistani Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik’s official statement about Pakistan’s intent to import 35% of its total crude oil requirement from Russia, which was obviously… Read More ›
Russia-Pakistan Economic And Energy Cooperation Just Took A Great Leap Forward
Russia-Pakistan Economic And Energy Cooperation Just Took A Great Leap Forward By Andrew Korybko It’s still too early to render judgement on Pakistan’s de facto most powerful official since he only just assumed office, yet the great leap forward in mutually… Read More ›
Putin’s Message To This Year’s Eastern Economic Forum Summarizes His Asia-Pacific Strategy
Putin’s Message To This Year’s Eastern Economic Forum Summarizes His Asia-Pacific Strategy By Andrew Korybko The Eastern Economic Forum might have begun as a purely economic event seven years ago, but it’s since evolved into a strategic one due to the… Read More ›
Russia Has South Asia’s Back In The Economic Crisis
Russia Has South Asia’s Back In The Economic Crisis By Andrew Korybko Through the combination of food and fuel exports (as well as planned pipeline cooperation such as is the case with Pakistan), the Kremlin has successfully leveraged its status as… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Political Economy Has Been Hit Hard And There Is No Easy Way Out
Pakistan’s Political Economy Has Been Hit Hard And There Is No Easy Way Out By Jarrar Shah This is my assessment as a student of economics and Pakistan’s political economy. Nationalisation was a huge blow to our economy. Apart from… Read More ›
Sri Lanka’s Principled Neutrality Ensured Its Survival In The Economic Crisis Thus Far
Sri Lanka’s Principled Neutrality Ensured Its Survival In The Economic Crisis Thus Far By Andrew Korybko There’s a lesson to be learned from Sri Lanka’s experience, which is that the pursuit of strategic autonomy and the enhanced sovereignty that it leads… Read More ›
The Rebranded Reopening Of McDonald’s In Moscow On Russia Day Is Symbolic
The Rebranded Reopening Of McDonald’s In Moscow On Russia Day Is Symbolic By Andrew Korybko The Russian people remain open-minded and non-biased towards their geopolitical opponents’ people and companies despite those two’s governments attempting to punish them for purely political reasons…. Read More ›
Analysing The Pakistani Ambassador To Russia’s Valdai Club Speech
Analysing The Pakistani Ambassador To Russia’s Valdai Club Speech By Andrew Korybko If any prospective oil deal with Russia is doomed to fail like some key Pakistani influencers have insisted, whether due to it apparently being impossible to refine or because… Read More ›