Pakistan Risks Losing Much More Than Affordable Gas If It Abandons Its Iranian Pipeline Plans By Andrew Korybko Pakistan’s capitulation to US sanctions pressure and resultant decision to pull out of its pipeline deal with Iran will make its energy security… Read More ›
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The Russian-Iranian Disagreement Over Some Gulf Islands Is Manageable
The Russian-Iranian Disagreement Over Some Gulf Islands Is Manageable By Andrew Korybko Iran takes issue with anyone simply acknowledging the Emirates’ claims like China and Russia did in their joint statements with the GCC since it believes that this lends credence… Read More ›
The SCO States Agree On The Contours Of The Emerging World Order
The SCO States Agree On The Contours Of The Emerging World Order By Andrew Korybko The competition between the SCO’s and the West’s envisaged world orders is indisputably a defining feature of the New Cold War. The global systemic transition to… Read More ›
Connecting The Dots Tying Together Recent US Diplomacy With China, India, And Iran
Connecting The Dots Tying Together Recent US Diplomacy With China, India, And Iran By Andrew Korybko While seemingly disparate, each of these diplomatic engagements is indirectly connected to one another. US Secretary of State Blinken just completed his trip to China, which… Read More ›
China’s First-Ever Trilateral Anti-Terrorist Talks With Iran And Pakistan Likely Concern W-CPEC+
China’s First-Ever Trilateral Anti-Terrorist Talks With Iran And Pakistan Likely Concern W-CPEC+ By Andrew Korybko CPEC is ultra-strategic for China in and of itself as a non-US-controlled shortcut to the Indian Ocean, but it can also be expanded in the western… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Barter Trade With Afghanistan, Iran And Russia Can Help Average People
Pakistan’s Barter Trade With Afghanistan, Iran And Russia Can Help Average People By Andrew Korybko Parts of the real economy could remain alive while the authorities race to replenish the state’s rapidly depleting funds, which would help avert the worst-case scenario… Read More ›
The Mainstream Media Is Preparing Iran To Be The Scapegoat If Kiev’s Counteroffensive Fails
The Mainstream Media Is Preparing Iran To Be The Scapegoat If Kiev’s Counteroffensive Fails By Andrew Korybko If Moscow manages to thwart the upcoming counteroffensive, including the potential scenarios of Ukraine invading Belarus and/or Russia’s pre-2014 territory, then NATO will likely… Read More ›
The Taliban Are Playing A Dangerous Game By Violating Iran’s Water Rights
The Taliban Are Playing A Dangerous Game By Violating Iran’s Water Rights By Andrew Korybko The best outcome for the region would be for the SCO to get involved as a neutral mediator upon these two’s request seeing as how Iran… Read More ›
Why’d The New York Times Unexpectedly Vindicate Iran’s Execution Of A Top UK Spy?
Why’d The New York Times Unexpectedly Vindicate Iran’s Execution Of A Top UK Spy? By Andrew Korybko Implying that Russia has so deeply penetrated Western spy agencies that it was able to identify the infamous British mole that Iranian intelligence had… Read More ›
Israel’s Opening Of An Embassy In Turkmenistan Is Mostly A Psychological Move Against Iran
Israel’s Opening Of An Embassy In Turkmenistan Is Mostly A Psychological Move Against Iran By Andrew Korybko It would of course be ideal if Iran and Israel didn’t compete in third countries, but that’s unrealistic to expect since states are always… Read More ›