Yasin Malik And Kashmir’s Crisis Of Conscience By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai There are moments in the life of a nation when politics must give way to conscience. For Kashmir, this is one of those moments. Throughout history, countless leaders… Read More ›
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Russia Courts BRICS To Break NATO’s Arctic Containment
Russia Courts BRICS To Break NATO’s Arctic Containment By Andrew Korybko Russia’s overarching strategy appears to be to encourage the largest number of countries to obtain stakes in the Arctic’s energy, transport, and logistics projects so as to incentivize them to… Read More ›
BRICS Is Challenging Dollar Dominance Without Needing A Common Currency
BRICS Is Challenging Dollar Dominance Without Needing A Common Currency By Uriel Araujo BRICS countries are connecting their payment systems and expanding local-currency settlement. Brazil’s Pix, CBDCs and Iran’s proposed BRICS financial corridors could thus gradually reduce the need for dollar-mediated… Read More ›
A Five-Step Plan For Implementing The Indonesian-Russian Strategic Partnership
A Five-Step Plan For Implementing The Indonesian-Russian Strategic Partnership By Andrew Korybko The vision is for Indonesia to follow India’s lead in balancing between China and the US via increased reliance on Russia. Russia and Indonesia agreed to enter into a strategic partnership… Read More ›
Foreign Affairs Is Right: The Old Model Of Nuclear Deterrence Is No More
Foreign Affairs Is Right: The Old Model Of Nuclear Deterrence Is No More By Andrew Korybko The Ukrainian Conflict, the West Asian Wars, and spring 2025’s Indo-Pak clashes upended the past nearly 80 years’ worth of presumptions about strategic security with… Read More ›
Putin’s Defence Of Pakistan Was About More Than China
Putin’s Defence Of Pakistan Was About More Than China By Andrew Korybko It was entirely factual but driven by diplomatic interests as regards their rapid rapprochement. Putin was asked in early June by an Indian journalist during his meeting with the… Read More ›
Russia’s Deputy PM Just Confirmed Russia’s Rare Earths Strategy Is About Technological Sovereignty
Russia’s Deputy PM Just Confirmed Russia’s Rare Earths Strategy Is About Technological Sovereignty By Andrew Korybko His explicitly stated goal of strengthening Russia’s technological sovereignty implies the unstated one of reducing dependence on China in this respect, which sends a very strong… Read More ›
The Russian-Afghan Military-Technical Deal Is A Step Towards Closer Anti-Terrorist Cooperation
The Russian-Afghan Military-Technical Deal Is A Step Towards Closer Anti-Terrorist Cooperation By Andrew Korybko Even in the unlikely scenario that their cooperation one day includes the air defence systems that the Afghan Defence Minister said that he’s seeking for deterring Pakistan,… Read More ›
From Quad To “Squad”: Why The Philippines Is Becoming Washington’s New Anti-China Proxy
From Quad To “Squad”: Why The Philippines Is Becoming Washington’s New Anti-China Proxy By Uriel Araujo As the Quad struggles with internal contradictions and worsening US-India tensions, the Philippines is rapidly becoming central to Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Joint military exercises, missile… Read More ›
The Melodic Verses Of Amir Khusrau
The Melodic Verses Of Amir Khusrau By Dr Maqsood Jafri A timeless journey through the poetry, music, and Sufi mysticism of Amir Khusrau, the Parrot of India who bridged Persian and Indian literary worlds. Three Persian classical poets have been… Read More ›