Pakistan Is Unlikely To Invade And Annex Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor By Andrew Korybko Balochistan’s Information Minister is psychologically pressuring the Taliban with his dramatic tweet about Pakistan invading and annexing the Wakhan Corridor in the event that it experiences another terrorist… Read More ›
Geopolitics
The Latest Terrorist Attack In Gwadar Is A Reminder Of Why CPEC Has Yet To Take Off
The Latest Terrorist Attack In Gwadar Is A Reminder Of Why CPEC Has Yet To Take Off By Andrew Korybko The past decade saw an unprecedented influx of Chinese capital into infrastructure investments, but the police, military, and intelligence services haven’t… Read More ›
The EU’s Approach Towards Ukrainian And Russian Agricultural Imports Harms Polish Farmers
The EU’s Approach Towards Ukrainian And Russian Agricultural Imports Harms Polish Farmers By Andrew Korybko It’s very likely that their protests will keep growing and could continue morphing into a new Solidarity movement that poses a serious challenge to the government…. Read More ›
The Czecho-Slovak Split Over Ukraine Symbolizes The Spread Of New Cold War Divisions
The Czecho-Slovak Split Over Ukraine Symbolizes The Spread Of New Cold War Divisions By Andrew Korybko What’s so symbolic about this dynamic is that Czechs and Slovaks are fraternal people, yet they’re embracing diametrically opposite views on the New Cold War…. Read More ›
France Will Likely Seek To Secure Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast If It Conventionally Intervenes
France Will Likely Seek To Secure Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast If It Conventionally Intervenes By Andrew Korybko Romania and Moldova, where France already has troops and just signed a security pact that might soon lead to the same, could easily serve… Read More ›
The Substance Of The Swiss Peace Talks Depends On Whether Russia Achieves A Breakthrough
The Substance Of The Swiss Peace Talks Depends On Whether Russia Achieves A Breakthrough By Andrew Korybko If the conventional intervention scenario unfolds before this summer’s talks and no nuclear apocalypse follows, then the substance will certainly shift from entertaining Zelensky’s… Read More ›
Poland Is Poised To Play An Indispensable Role In Germany’s “Fortress Europe”
Poland Is Poised To Play An Indispensable Role In Germany’s “Fortress Europe” By Andrew Korybko Poland is now working hand-in-glove with Germany to turbocharge the latter’s superpower trajectory and especially its military component, which is reshaping European geopolitics and is therefore… Read More ›
Why Did President Putin Want To Swap Navalny?
Why Did President Putin Want To Swap Navalny? By Andrew Korybko While many “Non-Russian Pro-Russians” celebrated Navalny’s untimely death when it happened, in hindsight, it would have arguably been a lot better for Russia’s objective national interests had he lived and… Read More ›
The US Is Testing China’s Patience By Deploying Special Forces Just Six Miles From The Mainland
The US Is Testing China’s Patience By Deploying Special Forces Just Six Miles From The Mainland By Andrew Korybko They’re functioning as tripwires for curtailing China’s freedom of military action in any forthcoming cross-strait crisis and directly involving the US if… Read More ›
Putin’s Talk Of Setting Up A “Security Zone” In Ukraine Hints At A Potential Compromise
Putin’s Talk Of Setting Up A “Security Zone” In Ukraine Hints At A Potential Compromise By Andrew Korybko If the military-strategic dynamics remain on track and the West is still led by “rational” leaders with an interest in preventing a nuclear… Read More ›