Differences Over Kashmir & Ukraine Aren’t Impeding the Expansion of Russian-Pakistani Trade

Differences Over Kashmir & Ukraine Aren’t Impeding the Expansion of Russian-Pakistani Trade

The latest developments from last week accelerate multipolar processes and help these non-traditional partners advance their legitimate national interests. Russia and Pakistan have defied expectations by continuing the comprehensive expansion of their trade ties despite differences over Kashmir and Ukraine, the first of which concerns Moscow’s rock-solid support of India while the second involves Islamabad’s…

Pakistan’s Attendance at Next Month’s SCO Event in India Is a Pretty Big Deal

Pakistan’s Attendance at Next Month’s SCO Event in India Is a Pretty Big Deal

The optics of the Pakistani Foreign Minister traveling to India early next month in what CNN noted will be “the most senior-level visit in seven years” strongly suggest a thaw of some sorts between them. This in term prompts speculation about exactly what sort of backchannel discussions preceded Thursday’s announcement. Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto…

The Unexpected Implications of the Iranian-Saudi Rapprochement for Pakistan

The Unexpected Implications of the Iranian-Saudi Rapprochement for Pakistan

The Iranian-Saudi rapprochement presents Pakistan with some unexpected challenges that it arguably would have been in a much better position to deal with had last year’s post-modern coup not taken place. The past 11 months have crippled its capability to respond to game-changers such as this one, which means that it’ll probably miss out on…

Analyzing the ODNI’s Assessment of South Asia’s Interstate Conflict Potential

Analyzing the ODNI’s Assessment of South Asia’s Interstate Conflict Potential

The dual-triangulation at play can be simplified as the US hoping to indirectly use India to “contain” China while at the same time relying on Pakistan to fulfill the same role vis-à-vis India. The US would be pleased if the Sino-Indo border dispute erupts into a serious conflict since it expects that this would complicate…

By Recognizing Israel, Muslim Countries Are Betraying the Palestinian Cause

By Recognizing Israel, Muslim Countries Are Betraying the Palestinian Cause

The Arab, Muslim and many of the “Non-Aligned” member countries were once staunch supporters of the Palestinian cause. However, in the world that exists today, this is no longer the case. One after the other, the Arab states are falling into the trap of normalizing relations with Israel. Many African nations are doing the same,…

More Robust Russian-Pakistani Energy Ties Contribute To Stabilizing South Asia

More Robust Russian-Pakistani Energy Ties Contribute To Stabilizing South Asia

By helping to resolve elements of the post-modern coup regime’s self-inflicted economic crisis through the planned export of discounted energy, Russia is indirectly averting the worst-case scenario of Pakistan’s collapse that could destabilize all of South Asia in the chance that it transpires. Since that sequence of events can’t be discounted due to the snowballing…