Top Russian Expert Timofei Bordachev Criticized China’s “Rational” Response To Recent US Moves By Andrew Korybko The subtext is that Russia is now re-evaluating its assessment of China’s role in the evolving world order. Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev is… Read More ›
Geopolitics
The Three Seas Initiative Has Special Political Value For Polish Conservatives And Trump 2.0
The Three Seas Initiative Has Special Political Value For Polish Conservatives And Trump 2.0 By Andrew Korybko It’s now a way for the US to regain Poles’ trust and for the conservatives to gain an edge in 2027. It was assessed… Read More ›
The Russian-Tuareg War Was Inevitable From The Moment That Wagner Arrived In Mali
The Russian-Tuareg War Was Inevitable From The Moment That Wagner Arrived In Mali By Andrew Korybko To channel Putin when referring to Syria’s accidental shooting down of a Russian spy plane in late 2018 while trying to hit an Israeli jet,… Read More ›
Trump’s Neo-Reagan Doctrine Is Rolling Back Russian Influence Across The World
Trump’s Neo-Reagan Doctrine Is Rolling Back Russian Influence Across The World By Andrew Korybko Absent a deal with Trump, which Putin could be further induced to agree to if Trump promises to reduce US pressure on some – but not all… Read More ›
The Tusk Shift: How Poland Is Rapidly Falling Out of Favour With the US
The Tusk Shift: How Poland Is Rapidly Falling Out of Favour With the US By Andrew Korybko The conservative opposition leader is convinced that he’s destroying Polish-American relations at Germany’s behest. Few countries’ fortunes with the US have fallen as quickly… Read More ›
Poland, Germany, And New Europe: The Emergence Of A Post-NATO Security Identity
Poland, Germany, And New Europe: The Emergence Of A Post-NATO Security Identity By Uriel Araujo Europe’s security order faces new strain as Poland questions NATO and the US. Long a frontline ally, Warsaw now signals openness to deeper European defence integration…. Read More ›
Reconciliation, Not Rebellion: The Only Path Forward For Mali’s Tuaregs
Reconciliation, Not Rebellion: The Only Path Forward For Mali’s Tuaregs By Andrew Korybko If the Tuareg end their rebellion, cut off their foreign patrons, and ally with the state against al-Qaeda-aligned JNIM, then elements of the Algiers Accord could be restored,… Read More ›
The West Aims To Achieve Five Goals Through Its Sponsorship Of Insurgency In Mali
The West Aims To Achieve Five Goals Through Its Sponsorship Of Insurgency In Mali By Andrew Korybko If it wasn’t for the Africa Corps’ valiant defence of their positions throughout the country, Mali probably would have already fallen, but it now… Read More ›
Fake News Alert: Russia Isn’t Plotting An Amphibious Assault In The Baltic
Fake News Alert: Russia Isn’t Plotting An Amphibious Assault In The Baltic By Andrew Korybko The Swedish defence chief’s fearmongering is nothing but the laundering of a false scenario under the guise of authority, with the end result being the further… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Counterinsurgency Remains Such A Challenge For Mali
Five Reasons Why Counterinsurgency Remains Such A Challenge For Mali By Andrew Korybko The solutions are difficult to implement during the crisis, however, but hopefully that’ll happen after (if?) it passes. Saturday’s coordinated attacks across Mali by terrorist-designated Tuareg rebels in the rural… Read More ›