What Was A Japanese Spy Doing In Belarus? By Andrew Korybko Japan was passing everything along to its Western partners in the implied hopes of them then supporting it more in its own part of the world. Belarusian media reported earlier… Read More ›
Analysis
Armenia Isn’t All That Important To Iran’s Economic And National Security
Armenia Isn’t All That Important To Iran’s Economic And National Security By Andrew Korybko Iran has ulterior motives for opposing the Zangezur Corridor. Iran’s continued opposition to the Zangezur Corridor, which was earlier analysed here and here, is predicated on the assumption that… Read More ›
Lavrov Explained What Russia Hopes To Achieve By Talking About Its Red Lines
Lavrov Explained What Russia Hopes To Achieve By Talking About Its Red Lines By Andrew Korybko Such rhetoric should be taken seriously, not downplayed, but it also shouldn’t be exaggerated either. Lavrov gave an insightful interview to Sky News Arabia in which he… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Refusal To Exhume And Properly Bury The Volhynia Genocide’s Victims Enrages Poles
Ukraine’s Refusal To Exhume And Properly Bury The Volhynia Genocide’s Victims Enrages Poles By Andrew Korybko Poles are waking up to the dark reality of contemporary Ukrainian nationalism. Casual observers might be surprised that a World War II-era genocide of over 100,000… Read More ›
The US Now Wants To Shift The Burden Of Ukraine Onto Its European Colonies
The US Now Wants To Shift The Burden Of Ukraine Onto Its European Colonies By Uriel Araujo About Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg now says: “I welcome these developments and these decisions but it’s for individual allies… Read More ›
Russian-Pakistani Relations Are Surprisingly Taking On Strategic Dimensions
Russian-Pakistani Relations Are Surprisingly Taking On Strategic Dimensions By Andrew Korybko Nothing major has yet to be agreed to, but that might change if Pakistan musters the political will to defy the US, which Russia evidently thinks is possible. Russian Deputy… Read More ›
Analysing Israel’s Audacious Pager Attack Against Hezbollah
Analysing Israel’s Audacious Pager Attack Against Hezbollah By Andrew Korybko It’s not a game-changer, but a gamble to either de-escalate or escalate the conflict in ways that advance Israel’s interests as Bibi perceives them to be, which is why a continuation… Read More ›
The “War Of Attrition” Was Improvised And Not Russia’s Plan All Along
The “War Of Attrition” Was Improvised And Not Russia’s Plan All Along By Andrew Korybko People should be mature enough to accept that no country is perfect, not even their favorite one like Russia, and that setbacks are an unavoidable part… Read More ›
Why Won’t Russia Destroy Ukraine’s Bridges Across The Dnieper?
Why Won’t Russia Destroy Ukraine’s Bridges Across The Dnieper? By Andrew Korybko Only Russian officials know for sure why their country hasn’t ever tried to do this, but the lack of an authoritative explanation this long into the conflict was bound… Read More ›
Mainstream Media Is Exaggerating The Impact Of Anti-Proxy War Posters In Italy
Mainstream Media Is Exaggerating The Impact Of Anti-Proxy War Posters In Italy By Andrew Korybko But it would also be a mistake to dismiss their impact. CNN headlined an article last week about how “Pro-Russian posters appear on billboards across Italy”… Read More ›
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