Russia Is Right: “Political Engineering” From Abroad Is Responsible For Crisis In Sudan By Andrew Korybko The present piece elaborates more on why Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Anna Yevstigneyeva is right, which is important to understand since such… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Fake News Alert: There’s No Credible Chance Of Pakistan Joining BRICS Anytime Soon
Fake News Alert: There’s No Credible Chance Of Pakistan Joining BRICS Anytime Soon By Andrew Korybko Express Tribune’s false description of BRICS as a “Russian-led political bloc” and reference to Pakistan’s recent purchase of oil from Moscow strongly suggest that this… Read More ›
Russia Needs To Once Again Brace Itself For A Prolonged Rivalry With Germany
Russia Needs To Once Again Brace Itself For A Prolonged Rivalry With Germany By Andrew Korybko The sooner that Russia’s expert community abandons their wishful thinking hopes for a rapprochement with Germany, the sooner that the Kremlin can promulgate the appropriate… Read More ›
South Africa’s Neutrality In The New Cold War Is Under Threat From Western Pressure
South Africa’s Neutrality In The New Cold War Is Under Threat From Western Pressure By Andrew Korybko The larger context in which South Africa just flipflopped on its “International Criminal Court” commitments is of outsized importance not just for BRICS’ future,… Read More ›
Germany’s New Anti-Russian Role Is Partially Due To Its Regional Competition With Poland
Germany’s New Anti-Russian Role Is Partially Due To Its Regional Competition With Poland By Andrew Korybko Ideological motivations and shadowy US influence networks only go so far in accounting for Germany’s pivot from Russia’s top partner in Europe to one of… Read More ›
China’s Ambassador To The EU Is Sincere In Saying That Bilateral Ties Have No Limits
China’s Ambassador To The EU Is Sincere In Saying That Bilateral Ties Have No Limits By Andrew Korybko China’s goal is to keep expanding ties with the EU in spite of US pressure and EU-Russian tensions since it considers this integral… Read More ›
Israel’s Opening Of An Embassy In Turkmenistan Is Mostly A Psychological Move Against Iran
Israel’s Opening Of An Embassy In Turkmenistan Is Mostly A Psychological Move Against Iran By Andrew Korybko It would of course be ideal if Iran and Israel didn’t compete in third countries, but that’s unrealistic to expect since states are always… Read More ›
US Propaganda Is Responsible For Unrealistically High Hopes About Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
US Propaganda Is Responsible For Unrealistically High Hopes About Ukraine’s Counteroffensive By Andrew Korybko The takeaway from Politico’s latest article is that the Biden Administration is still struggling to correct the public’s expectations after Milley first tried doing so a quarter-year… Read More ›
China’s Ambassador To France Taught The West A Lesson About The “Rules-Based Order”
China’s Ambassador To France Taught The West A Lesson About The “Rules-Based Order” By Andrew Korybko Ambassador Lu was arguably tasked with sending the West a message on a “plausibly deniable” basis about how the “rules-based order” concept feels whenever it’s… Read More ›
A Senior Pentagon Official Strongly Implied Impending “Mission Creep” In Sudan
A Senior Pentagon Official Strongly Implied Impending “Mission Creep” In Sudan By Andrew Korybko Now that its “VIPs” are out of harm’s way, the US can up the ante in Sudan on a “humanitarian” pretext as part of its latest anti-Russian… Read More ›