The Russian-Chinese-Iranian Naval Drills Send An Important Message But Shouldn’t Be Exaggerated By Andrew Korybko A lot of well-intentioned folks look to influential members of the Alt-Media Community for guidance in understanding the complex processes associated with the global systemic transition,… Read More ›
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Why Has Pakistan Finally Decided To Begin Building A Decade-Delayed Pipeline With Iran?
Why Has Pakistan Finally Decided To Begin Building A Decade-Delayed Pipeline With Iran? By Andrew Korybko Observers shouldn’t interpret this move as a blatant act of defiance against the country’s traditional American partner, however, but rather as a pragmatic means to… Read More ›
Intuiting The Truth About The Lethal Attack Against US Troops In West Asia
Intuiting The Truth About The Lethal Attack Against US Troops In West Asia By Andrew Korybko Acknowledging Iran’s relationship with its regional allies who just claimed credit for this lethal attack doesn’t promote warmongering against the Islamic Republic, just like acknowledging… Read More ›
The Iranian Foreign Minister’s Trip To Islamabad Is An Opportunity To Patch Up Their Problems
The Iranian Foreign Minister’s Trip To Islamabad Is An Opportunity To Patch Up Their Problems By Andrew Korybko If Foreign Minister Abdollahian can at least convince his hosts to seriously explore creating a joint security mechanism as the first step towards… Read More ›
Debunking The Theory That Iran And Pakistan Secretly Coordinated Their Strikes Against One Another
Debunking The Theory That Iran And Pakistan Secretly Coordinated Their Strikes Against One Another By Andrew Korybko Many among the Alt-Media Community have an over-simplistic view of International Relations whereby they tend to imagine that all countries that support multipolarity are… Read More ›
Here’s How The Pakistani Establishment Benefits From The Latest Tensions With Iran
Here’s How The Pakistani Establishment Benefits From The Latest Tensions With Iran By Andrew Korybko Observers might expect that the exacerbation of long-running Iranian-Pakistani tensions would be against Islamabad’s interests, just like they might think the same about closer Indian-Iranian relations… Read More ›
Worsening Iranian-Pakistani Tensions Could Threaten Eurasian Integration Processes
Worsening Iranian-Pakistani Tensions Could Threaten Eurasian Integration Processes By Andrew Korybko Unless there’s an all-out conventional war between Iran and Pakistan, which isn’t expected unless their newly exacerbated but long-running security dilemma spirals out of control into one by miscalculation (perhaps… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Retaliation Against Iran Debunks The Theory That They’re Secretly Cooperating
Pakistan’s Retaliation Against Iran Debunks The Theory That They’re Secretly Cooperating By Andrew Korybko Iran absolutely wouldn’t have authorized any retaliatory Pakistani strikes on its territory like Mohammad Marandi and Pepe Escobar’s explicitly stated and strongly implied theories would respectively suggest… Read More ›
The Optics And Timing Of Iran’s Strikes In Pakistan Are More Important Than The Military Impact
The Optics And Timing Of Iran’s Strikes In Pakistan Are More Important Than The Military Impact By Andrew Korybko The impression that Iran regards Pakistan as a serious security threat on par with the Israeli spy base in Iraq and ISIS… Read More ›
Bridging The Gap Between Russia And Iran’s Differing Views On Whether BRICS Requires A Secretariat
Bridging The Gap Between Russia And Iran’s Differing Views On Whether BRICS Requires A Secretariat By Andrew Korybko A compromise could entail the creation of an official registrar for collecting, storing, and sharing the group’s information without transforming into an organization… Read More ›