Five Tasks That Putin Told Russia’s Security Services To Prioritize By Andrew Korybko Each of these is important in their own way, but when considered collectively, they provide a clearer picture of Russia’s contemporary security challenges. President Putin congratulated his former colleagues on… Read More ›
Turkiye Turned Out To Be A More Trustworthy Military Partner For Russia Than Greece By Andrew Korybko The lesson to be learned is that a shared vision over the future of the international system is much more important in determining the… Read More ›
The Military Dimension Of The Russian-Iranian Strategic Partnership Stabilizes West Asia By Andrew Korybko To be absolutely clear, Russia has no intent of encouraging Iran to carry out its own first strike against the US-Israel-GCC since any eruption of conventional conflict… Read More ›
Russia’s Ambassador To The US Shared A Balanced Assessment Of The Ukrainian Conflict By Andrew Korybko On the one hand, the US has successfully reasserted its declining unipolar hegemony across its traditional “sphere of influence”. On the other, however, that selfsame… Read More ›
Putin Reaffirmed That The North-South Transport Corridor Is Among Russia’s Top Priorities By Andrew Korybko This multipolar megaproject was given a second wind following years of lacklustre progress after emerging as Russia’s only remaining outlet to the international economy as a… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Endorsement Of Iran’s Anti-Government Riots Is Misguided And Counterproductive By Andrew Korybko Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari should never have sought to meddle in Iran’s domestic political affairs, which is completely contrary to Pakistan’s objective national interests and only serves… Read More ›
There’s No Way That Kissinger Expects Anyone To Take His Latest Peace Proposal Seriously By Andrew Korybko Kissinger is clever enough to know that nobody’s going to take his latest peace proposal seriously, but that’s the point. He’s only concerned with… Read More ›
The New York Times’ Embedded Reporter Revealed Three Inconvenient Truths About Bakhmut By Andrew Korybko First, Kiev lacks experienced forces for conducting surveillance operations and therefore outsources them to foreigners. Second, the locals are scared of those Western mercenaries. And finally,… Read More ›
Kiev’s Worst Attack Against Donetsk In Eight Years Is A Desperate Attempt To Save Face By Andrew Korybko Kiev’s latest war crime was also a psychological operation aimed at manipulating domestic, Russian, and Western perceptions of the conflict at this pivotal… Read More ›
Why’d China Agree To A Fiercely Anti-Iranian Joint Statement With The GCC? By Andrew Korybko It’s unclear how everything will ultimately end, but the present trajectory certainly seems to be one whereby China is comprehensively expanding relations with American allies like… Read More ›
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