Water Wars: How India-Pakistan River Politics Threaten Regional Stability By Uriel Araujo Tensions between India and Pakistan are rising amid accusations of water weaponization after floods displaced 1.8 million people. Control of the Indus River has long been a geopolitical fault… Read More ›
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The Establishment Of Armenian-Pakistani Diplomatic Ties Is Part Of A Larger Powerplay
The Establishment Of Armenian-Pakistani Diplomatic Ties Is Part Of A Larger Powerplay By Andrew Korybko It’s about turbocharging the emerging Turkish-Azeri-Pak bloc by giving Islamabad access to TRIPP for facilitating trade with Turkiye and Europe in order to consolidate this bloc’s… Read More ›
Why Did The US Raise The Terrorist Designation For A Group Of Anti-Chinese Militants In Pakistan?
Why Did The US Raise The Terrorist Designation For A Group Of Anti-Chinese Militants In Pakistan? By Andrew Korybko One would think that the US would consider such a group to be an ally in its New Cold War with China…. Read More ›
Iran Hopes That CPEC Branding Will Secure More Investment From China
Iran Hopes That CPEC Branding Will Secure More Investment From China By Andrew Korybko Rebranding existing logistics corridors across its territory as part of CPEC is a means to this end. Iran’s Mehr News Agency and others reported that one of their country’s leading economic… Read More ›
Indo-Pakistani Rivalry Reshaping Global Geopolitics: A Conflict Neither Local Nor Over
Indo-Pakistani Rivalry Reshaping Global Geopolitics: A Conflict Neither Local Nor Over By Uriel Araujo The long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan is not confined to South Asia. The rivalry is entangling the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Eurasian alliances — posing… Read More ›
The US-Pakistan Rapprochement Could Have Far-Reaching Geostrategic Consequences
The US-Pakistan Rapprochement Could Have Far-Reaching Geostrategic Consequences By Andrew Korybko India’s, Russia’s, and possibly even China’s interests could be adversely affected. It was assessed in January that “The Pakistani Regime Destroyed Their Country & Betrayed Its National Interests For Nothing”,… Read More ›
It’s Premature To Predict A Crisis In US-Pakistan Relations Over Islamabad’s ICBM Program
It’s Premature To Predict A Crisis In US-Pakistan Relations Over Islamabad’s ICBM Program By Andrew Korybko Economic pressure, not military force, is a much more realistic means for the US to resolve this issue. Foreign Affairs’ recent article about “How to… Read More ›
Why Couldn’t The SCO Defence Ministers Agree On A Joint Statement?
Why Couldn’t The SCO Defence Ministers Agree On A Joint Statement? By Andrew Korybko India refused to sign the document since it didn’t condemn late April’s Pahalgam terrorist attack. India found itself at odds with the SCO once again less than… Read More ›
ISKP’s War On Baloch Separatists Deepens Pakistan’s Multi-Front Crisis
ISKP’s War On Baloch Separatists Deepens Pakistan’s Multi-Front Crisis By Uriel Araujo The Islamic State Khorasan Province’s (ISKP) declaration of war against Baloch separatists intensifies Pakistan’s volatile conflict landscape, intertwining religious extremism with ethnopolitical strife. This escalation, amid ongoing Indo-Pakistan tensions,… Read More ›
Why Did Russia Lend Credence To Trump’s Claim That He Personally Stopped The Indo-Pak Conflict?
Why Did Russia Lend Credence To Trump’s Claim That He Personally Stopped The Indo-Pak Conflict? By Andrew Korybko The rise of Russia’s pro-BRI policymaking faction, intense Pakistani diplomacy, and Russia’s interests with the US vis-à-vis Ukraine arguably account for what just… Read More ›