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 ›
Economy
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 ›
Pakistan Needs To Get Its Story Straight About Russian Oil
Pakistan Needs To Get Its Story Straight About Russian Oil By Andrew Korybko Taken together, the conflicting statements from the new Pakistani officials about oil deals with Russia and the narrative pushed by some of those influencers who support them lead… Read More ›
The Geopolitics Of Russian Energy In South Asia
The Geopolitics Of Russian Energy In South Asia By Andrew Korybko The two countries whose approach stands out the most are Sri Lanka and Pakistan, which are in similar economic situations yet have made different decisions about importing Russian oil. South… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Russian Wheat Import Deal: Business As Usual Or Something Different This Time?
Pakistan’s Russian Wheat Import Deal: Business As Usual Or Something Different This Time? By Andrew Korybko The new government’s latest deal with Russia could muddle the narrative from their opponents that they came to power to punish the former premier for… Read More ›
Pakistan Should Import Food And Fuel From Russia To Counter Economic Crisis
Pakistan Should Import Food And Fuel From Russia To Counter Economic Crisis By Andrew Korybko Mr. Iftikhar clearly had his country’s best interests in mind when responding to the journalist who asked him about this on Friday and should therefore be… Read More ›
Putin Touched Upon Russia’s Grand Geo-Economic Strategy In Eurasia
Putin Touched Upon Russia’s Grand Geo-Economic Strategy In Eurasia By Andrew Korybko The Greater Eurasian Partnership represents Russia’s premier project for creating a genuinely rules-based international order modelled off the principles enshrined in the UN Charter. Its Eurasian Economic Union core… Read More ›