From Bombs To Benefits: Laos And Russia’s Military-Political Trade-Off By Andrew Korybko Laos would bolster its geopolitical balancing act while Russia could experiment with a new military-political partnership model that it might then fine-tune for its other Global South partners. Ukraine’s… Read More ›
The US-Pakistan Rapprochement Could Have Far-Reaching Geostrategic Consequences By Andrew Korybko India’s, Russia’s, and possibly even China’s interests could be adversely affected. It was assessed in January that “The Pakistani Regime Destroyed Their Country & Betrayed Its National Interests For Nothing”,… Read More ›
Iran’s Mass Expulsion Of Afghans Poses A Dilemma For Many Of Its Supporters By Andrew Korybko Most of them are opposed to the expulsion of any illegal immigrants, yet self-censoring their criticism of Iran’s policy discredits their criticisms of Trump’s similar… Read More ›
Elon Musk’s America Party: Another Deep State Tool For Leverage? By Uriel Araujo Elon Musk’s feud with Donald Trump and his proposed America Party exposes tensions within US politics, highlighting Big Tech’s deep ties to the “deep state.” Despite Trump’s rhetoric… Read More ›
It’s A Smart Move For Russia To Strike Ukrainian Draft Centres By Andrew Korybko This could raise the chances for a breakthrough somewhere along the front, help to decisively shift domestic public opinion against the conflict, and thus make it easier… Read More ›
Nawrocki’s Election Pushed Tusk To Play Hardball With Poland’s Neighbours On Illegal Immigration By Andrew Korybko What’s most important to him personally is retaining power by preventing the collapse of his government, but if that’s unavoidable, then he at the very… Read More ›
Colombian President Petro Alleges US Involvement In A Coup Plot As Ties With China Deepen By Uriel Araujo Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro’s allegations of a Washington-orchestrated coup, citing leaked recordings, have sparked a diplomatic crisis, prompting both nations to recall diplomats…. Read More ›
Creative Ethiopian Diplomacy Might Deter An Egyptian-Backed Eritrean-TPLF Offensive By Andrew Korybko Economic-diplomatic initiatives with the UAE and Saudi Arabia could pair with a proposed Congolese-like economic-security deal with the US to get Egypt’s three patrons to stop it before it’s… Read More ›
Russia’s Formal Recognition Of The Taliban Comes At A Crucial Time For The Broader Region By Andrew Korybko Trump wants to return US forces to Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase; there are newfound concerns about the North-South Transport Corridor’s viability after the recent… Read More ›
Peace In Ukraine Won’t End The West’s Hybrid War On Russia By Andrew Korybko Their refined Hybrid War model will involve efforts to win the “tech race”, a new Western division of labour for containing Russia in Europe, and AI-generated anti-Russian… Read More ›
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