South Asia

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Pakistan’s historically good relations with Russia and its refusal to follow US ally Saudi Arabia into an unnecessary conflict with Qatar and by extrapolation with Iran, demonstrates a far-sighted geo-strategic maturity that will ultimately benefit Pakistan greatly. 

The six-nation conference on Afghanistan due to be held in Moscow on Wednesday – including Russia, China, India, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan – is already in the US’ crosshairs.  A Voice of America commentary has accused that by taking this initiative, “Russia is more interested in undermining the United States […]

The Russian news agency Sputnik has featured a commentary by Moscow-based expert, Andrew Korybko signalling an imminent leap forward in the Kremlin’s strategy toward ties with Pakistan.  Unsurprisingly, Sputnik claims that it has nothing to do with the opinions expressed in the commentary, which are the author’s personal opinion, but […]

An article published in March on the American Enterprise Institute’s website titled Could there be a coup in Turkey?,  considered the possibility of a military coup transpiring in Turkey.  Its author, David Rubin, explains Turkey’s predicament: The situation in Turkey is bad and getting worse.  It’s not just the deterioration […]

(Please read Part I and Part II prior to this article) The research has thus far extrapolated on Southeast Asia’s global economic importance and the most relevant points in its recent history, which therefore set the appropriate situational backdrop for grasping ASEAN’s geostrategic significance.  The region plays a critical role […]

(Please read Part I prior to this article) The global economic position of ASEAN is of pivotal importance in contemporary international relations, but similarly just as significant is the region’s strategic one vis-à-vis China and the unipolar world.  There’s a multitude of complex variables impacting on the current state of […]

China is the only Great Power with the economic wherewithal to challenge the US all across the world, and as such, these qualities neatly complement Russia’s military capabilities in assisting both civilizational poles as they jointly forge a multipolar world order.  The manifestation of their shared global vision and the […]

Introduction Since 2010 the BRICS grouping has developed as a focus of organisation among emerging regional and international powers.  That it has come to in existence is indicative of a broader shift towards a multipolar world in international affairs.  The success of BRICS so far other than as a novel […]

Alternative media outlets have been enthusiastically sharing the news that the almost mythical plans for a trans-Iranian Caspian Canal are once more inching towards reality, eagerly welcoming such a move as being in all of the Caspian States’ ultimate self-interest.  As true as that is in pertinence to the economic […]

(Please reference the entire Law of Hybrid War series in order to get acquainted with the strategic themes of this article) The Crossroads Of The Multipolar World Redefining The Heartland: The “Greater Heartland” acquires its premier strategic and economic importance due to being the supercontinental fulcrum of multipolar integration.  As […]

Russia’s decision to greatly reduce its military presence in Syria, coming as it did with little warning, has left the world struggling for explanations.  Russia is to maintain a military presence at its naval base in Tartous and at the Khmeymim airbase.  In fact Russia is “withdrawing without withdrawing”.  The […]

(Please read Part I prior to this article) The TPP Strikes Back The greatest threat to the multipolar world’s economic relations with ASEAN comes directly from the TPP.  The US is pushing this exclusionary trade arrangement in order to obstruct the existing trade partnerships that non-allied countries (Russia and China) […]