The Shadow Front: How the Iran Crisis Is Fuelling The New Af-Pak Conflict By Uriel Araujo The deadly Kabul hospital strike signals a dangerous escalation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict. As global attention centres on Iran, a parallel crisis deepens. Economic isolation,… Read More ›
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Russia’s Top UN Representative Reminded The World Of The West’s Responsibility To Afghanistan
Russia’s Top UN Representative Reminded The World Of The West’s Responsibility To Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko The US has a moral responsibility to return Afghanistan’s seized assets, but morality doesn’t guide US policy, let alone under Trump 2.0 given its Hyper-Realist… Read More ›
Russia’s Collective Security Vision For The Gulf Is Now A Realistic Possibility
Russia’s Collective Security Vision For The Gulf Is Now A Realistic Possibility By Andrew Korybko The Third Gulf War is radically reshaping the Gulf Kingdoms’ perceptions of American reliability and leading them to consider the need to negotiate a post-war regional… Read More ›
A Partially Pentagon-Funded Newspaper Is Fearmongering About Russian-Pakistani Ties
A Partially Pentagon-Funded Newspaper Is Fearmongering About Russian-Pakistani Ties By Andrew Korybko Post-Khan Pakistan won’t jeopardize its security, economic, and elite ties with the US for Russia. “Stars and Stripes” publicly discloses its partial Pentagon funding, which is why it’s worth paying attention… Read More ›
There’s A Good Reason Why Russia Is Closely Monitoring The Latest Afghan-Pakistani Clashes
There’s A Good Reason Why Russia Is Closely Monitoring The Latest Afghan-Pakistani Clashes By Andrew Korybko Russia envisages Afghanistan serving as the irreplaceable transit state for pioneering another North-South Transport Corridor, albeit this time between itself and Pakistan, but this master… Read More ›
Steel, Rail, And Oil: The Roadmap For A New Era In Russia-Pakistan Ties
Steel, Rail, And Oil: The Roadmap For A New Era In Russia-Pakistan Ties By Andrew Korybko For as promising as the opportunities that he discussed are, the US still wields a de facto veto over “Major Non-NATO Ally” Pakistan’s cooperation with… Read More ›
The Unyielding Spirits Of Muammar Qaddafi And Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
The Unyielding Spirits Of Muammar Qaddafi And Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto By Dr Maqsood Jafri Dreams of a progressive Muslim World: The leaders who dared to challenge the Empire I saw a historical photo on Facebook wall of these two great… Read More ›
Eclipsing Kashmir: Why The Afghanistan-Pakistan Standoff Is Now South Asia’s Most Volatile Fault Line
Eclipsing Kashmir: Why The Afghanistan-Pakistan Standoff Is Now South Asia’s Most Volatile Fault Line By Uriel Araujo The Afghanistan–Pakistan border is emerging as a new epicentre of instability, amid Pakistan’s accusations against the Taliban and Kabul’s warming ties with India. Escalation… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Expanding “Military Diplomacy” Deepens Ankara’s Reach Across Afro‑Eurasia
Pakistan’s Expanding “Military Diplomacy” Deepens Ankara’s Reach Across Afro‑Eurasia By Andrew Korybko The helping hand that Pakistan is lending to Turkiye in Libya, which follows that which it recently lent in Somalia and half a decade earlier in Azerbaijan, could lead… Read More ›
Kazakhstan Might Have Just Placed Itself On An Irreversible Collision Course With Russia
Kazakhstan Might Have Just Placed Itself On An Irreversible Collision Course With Russia By Andrew Korybko The production of NATO-standard shells hints that Kazakhstan plans to follow in Azerbaijan’s footsteps by having its armed forces conform with the bloc’s standards ahead… Read More ›