Was It Strategically Wise For Zakharova To Suggest Poland Owes Its Revival To Lenin? By Andrew Korybko If Russia wants to improve people-to-people ties, which could help manage state-to-state tensions, then it would be a good idea for officials to take… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Washington Drops The Mask: Maduro’s Capture Shatters The Illusion Of The Rules‑Based Order
Washington Drops The Mask: Maduro’s Capture Shatters The Illusion Of The Rules‑Based Order By Andrew Korybko Trump 2.0 openly laid out how the US intends to restore its “sphere of influence” over the Americas in accordance with the new National Security… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Expanding “Military Diplomacy” Deepens Ankara’s Reach Across Afro‑Eurasia
Pakistan’s Expanding “Military Diplomacy” Deepens Ankara’s Reach Across Afro‑Eurasia By Andrew Korybko The helping hand that Pakistan is lending to Turkiye in Libya, which follows that which it recently lent in Somalia and half a decade earlier in Azerbaijan, could lead… Read More ›
Five Important Details That Most Folks Missed From Zelensky’s Interview With Polish Media
Five Important Details That Most Folks Missed From Zelensky’s Interview With Polish Media By Andrew Korybko If Poles reject his implied demand that they accept Ukrainian ultra-nationalist narratives, question the co-production of arms with Ukraine, and oppose its membership in the… Read More ›
The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin
The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin By Andrew Korybko Tensions risk spiralling out of control if Trump isn’t disabused of the CIA’s false narrative that Ukraine’s recent large-scale drone attack against Novgorod Region wasn’t an attempt to assassinate Putin. Trump retweeted an… Read More ›
Why It’s No Surprise That A Ukrainian Outlet Laments The Loss Of “Zakerzonia” To Poland
Why It’s No Surprise That A Ukrainian Outlet Laments The Loss Of “Zakerzonia” To Poland By Andrew Korybko Ukrainian officials are expected to encourage the popularization of these unofficial territorial claims with clandestine German support in order to wield them as… Read More ›
Why Did Putin Only Lament The Loss Of Some Former Soviet Republics In His First Meeting With Bush?
Why Did Putin Only Lament The Loss Of Some Former Soviet Republics In His First Meeting With Bush? By Andrew Korybko Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus occupy special places in the Russian psyche and security planning, but all former Soviet Republics… Read More ›
The Brits Want The Poles To Contain Russia In The Baltic
The Brits Want The Poles To Contain Russia In The Baltic By Andrew Korybko Some of the €44 billion in loans that Poland just received from the EU’s “SAFE” program will go towards its new “SAFE Baltic” program, and if the… Read More ›
Declassified Bush-Putin Memos Reveal U.S. Push For “Usable” Nuclear Weapons And Roots Of Russia-West Rift
Declassified Bush-Putin Memos Reveal U.S. Push For “Usable” Nuclear Weapons And Roots Of Russia-West Rift By Uriel Araujo Newly declassified NSA files reveal candid Bush–Putin conversations on NATO, Ukraine, and missile defence. The documents also expose US discussions about developing smaller… Read More ›
Why Armenia’s Upcoming Elections Matter For Eurasia’s Strategic Balance
Why Armenia’s Upcoming Elections Matter For Eurasia’s Strategic Balance By Andrew Korybko Pashinyan’s potential democratic ouster could complicate and possibly even suspend TRIPP, thus plugging the geostrategic gap through which Turkiye is expected to inject Western influence along Russia’s entire southern… Read More ›