Sri Lanka Wisely Rejected The US’ Request To Station Two Warplanes There By Andrew Korybko The US would have benefited from turning Mattala International Airport into its regional military hub, not to mention striking Iran from there during the ongoing war,… Read More ›
Water Wars Strike Again: How Afghanistan’s Canal Project Could Reshape Eurasia’s Geopolitics By Uriel Araujo As Kabul pushes forward with the Qosh Tepa Canal, Central Asia faces rising water tensions. Comparisons with India-Pakistan and lessons from other river disputes may shed… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
India-Pakistan Conflict Escalates, Entangled In Middle Eastern And Caucasian Geopolitical Rivalries By Uriel Araujo The India-Pakistan conflict, intensified by the 2025 Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor, draws Middle Eastern powers like Israel and Turkiye, alongside Azerbaijan, into a complex web of… Read More ›
Trump’s Desired Return To Bagram Airbase Could Reshape South Asian Geopolitics By Andrew Korybko This could set into motion a diplomatic chain reaction that ultimately places huge pressure upon India. Trump repeated late-February’s plans for the US to restore its military… Read More ›
Why Deepening US-India Ties Amid Rising Indo-Pak Tensions Might Be A Challenge For Multipolarity By Uriel Araujo US Vice President JD Vance’s visit to India strengthens ties to counter China, while India-Pakistan tensions over Kashmir are on the rise. A delicate… Read More ›
The PAKAFUZ Railway Through Central Eurasia Is Making Slow But Steady Progress By Andrew Korybko Five issues must first be overcome in order for this project to become a reality. The Russian and Uzbek Transport Ministries agreed earlier in the month to begin… Read More ›
Interpreting Russian FM Lavrov’s Latest Remarks About Pakistan By Andrew Korybko They generated a lot of media attention in South Asia but there’s nothing new in what he said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was asked during a recent press conference about how… Read More ›
2025 Might Be A Tumultuous Year For South Asia By Andrew Korybko The future of Indo-US relations under Trump 2.0 will ultimately play the largest role in determining the degree of tumult that South Asia experiences next year. South Asia is… Read More ›