The Accidental Pact: How A Missile Strike On Qatar Redefined US Regional Strategy By Uriel Araujo Trump’s unprecedented military guarantee to Qatar caught analysts off guard. What began as a reactive move to an Israeli strike could now reshape US relations… Read More ›
Would The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Railway Be Good Or Bad For Russia? By Andrew Korybko The supplementary economic benefits and perceived acceleration of multipolar trends might appeal to Russia, but the latent military-strategic threats to its interests arguably outweigh them. The “New Rules”… 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 ›
Speculation Is Swirling About The Future Of Turkiye’s S-400s By Andrew Korybko The stage is set for a grand deal between the US, Turkiye, Russia, and India, at least in theory and only tacitly in the case of the US-Russia, US-India,… Read More ›
Pakistan Can Tip The Balance Of Power In Central Asia By Andrew Korybko Colluding with the US on destabilizing Afghanistan and returning Western military infrastructure to the region would turbocharge the emerging Turkic Bloc’s rise at the expense of Russia’s influence… Read More ›
The TRIPP Corridor Threatens To Undermine Russia’s Broader Regional Position By Andrew Korybko Armenia might defect from the CSTO while Turkish and NATO influence could surge all along Russia’s southern periphery, which might embolden Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to defy Iran and… Read More ›
The “Trump Bridge” Could Lead To Russia’s Expulsion From The South Caucasus By Andrew Korybko Armenia might formally withdraw from the CSTO and then replace Russian troops with American PMCs. US Ambassador to Turkiye Tom Barrack proposed in mid-July that his country lease… 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 ›
Five Takeaways From Aliyev’s Q And A Session At The Shusha Global Media Forum By Andrew Korybko He’s still ruffling Russia’s feathers over Ukraine and the AZAL tragedy, but he restrained himself from going further, so the door might thus be… Read More ›
Russia’s Formal Recognition Of The Taliban Comes At A Crucial Time For The Broader Region By Andrew Korybko Trump wants to return US forces to Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase; there are newfound concerns about the North-South Transport Corridor’s viability after the recent… Read More ›
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