Lavrov’s Interview With Newsweek Concisely Summarized Russia’s Positions By Andrew Korybko This might be the first time that average Americans read a top Russian official’s views without a filter. It’s rare nowadays for Russian officials to give interviews to Western media,… Read More ›
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Five Takeaways From Israel’s Latest Bombing Of Damascus
Five Takeaways From Israel’s Latest Bombing Of Damascus By Andrew Korybko The trend of Israel striking civilian areas in Syria as part of its regional assassination spree threatens to further destabilize the Arab Republic. Israel bombed a civilian district in Damascus… Read More ›
Here’s What Putin Will Probably Discuss With Pezeshkian
Here’s What Putin Will Probably Discuss With Pezeshkian By Andrew Korybko Their meeting will be important, but not in the way that some have convinced themselves it will be with regard to imagining that Russia will promise to support Iran if… Read More ›
Russia Tacitly Recognizes China’s Self-Proclaimed Status As A “Near-Arctic State”
Russia Tacitly Recognizes China’s Self-Proclaimed Status As A “Near-Arctic State” By Andrew Korybko The reported Sino-Russo Coast Guard drills in the Arctic are proof of Russian support for this claim. CNN reported last week that “China’s Coast Guard claims to have… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Rhetoric On The Middle East Crisis Should Be Taken With A Grain Of Salt
Turkiye’s Rhetoric On The Middle East Crisis Should Be Taken With A Grain Of Salt By Uriel Araujo The ongoing crisis in the Middle East, besides being a regional Arab-Israeli conflict, is also the escalation of the long going Iranian-Israeli “non-official… Read More ›
Global Community Should Be Equally Outraged As The USCIRF On India’s Collapsing Religious Freedom
Global Community Should Be Equally Outraged As The USCIRF On India’s Collapsing Religious Freedom By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates in Article 18: that “Everyone has the right of freedom of thought, conscience, and… Read More ›
Political Turmoil And Terrorist Attacks Mar The Upcoming SCO Summit In Pakistan
Political Turmoil And Terrorist Attacks Mar The Upcoming SCO Summit In Pakistan By Andrew Korybko To be absolutely clear, there’s no connection between PTI’s peaceful protest and the TTP-BLA terrorist nexus’ attacks, though it wouldn’t be surprising if the authorities falsely… Read More ›
Don’t Take Lukashenko’s Promise To Protect Ukraine From A Polish Invasion At Face Value
Don’t Take Lukashenko’s Promise To Protect Ukraine From A Polish Invasion At Face Value By Andrew Korybko This was a psychological operation aimed at advancing two political goals. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed late last week that Poland wants “Both western Belarus and… Read More ›
Is Russia Really The “Greatest Threat” To France?
Is Russia Really The “Greatest Threat” To France? By Andrew Korybko Russia’s support of multipolar processes in West Africa has dealt a heavy blow to French hegemony there, which France has responded to by waging a proxy war on Russia in… Read More ›
Poland’s “Ukrainian Legion” Has Flopped
Poland’s “Ukrainian Legion” Has Flopped By Andrew Korybko The only way that it could have worked was if Poland rounded up draft-aged Ukrainians. Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz admitted last week that the “Ukrainian Legion” that his country promised to form… Read More ›