The Tuareg Conflict Is Much More Complex Than Casual Observers Might Imagine By Andrew Korybko The conflict is a complex multi-sided one wherein the West, religious extremists, and Algeria have shared interests in the Malian government meaningfully decentralizing power to Tuareg-inhabited… Read More ›
Russia Must Think Carefully About Its Next Moves In Mali After This Weekend’s Reported Ambush By Andrew Korybko Russia must avoid being drawn into the quagmire that its non-state adversaries and their speculative Western allies are hoping to create for it… Read More ›
The New Russian-Iranian Gas Pipeline Memorandum Might Be More About Optics Than Substance By Andrew Korybko The argument can be made that this is a mutually beneficial way to advance their respective ulterior interests and isn’t as substantive as some might… Read More ›
The EU’s Alleged Abuse Of Belarusian-Emanating Refugees Exposes The West’s Double Standards By Andrew Korybko If the same standard was employed towards the use of force by the EU’s own border guards against refugees as against the use of force by… Read More ›
Russia And Turkiye Swiftly Cooperated To Catch The Suspect In The Latest Car Bomb Attack In Moscow By Andrew Korybko For as regrettable as it is that this car bomb attack happened, the silver lining is that the suspect was swiftly… Read More ›
Why Did A Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Just Kill Their Country’s Top “Linguistic Nationalist”? By Andrew Korybko Irina Farion gave voice to what her fellow fascists believe, who look down upon ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking Ukrainians, even those who consider themselves Ukrainian. A… Read More ›
Georgia Is The Next Country That Might Face A High-Profile Assassination Attempt By Andrew Korybko Aware that the window of opportunity for destabilizing their country might soon close, the Georgian Legion might desperately try to carry out a high-profile assassination attempt… Read More ›
The Unrest In Bangladesh Isn’t A Colour Revolution But It Could Still Easily Become One By Andrew Korybko While the optics of what transpired resemble a Colour Revolution to the untrained observer, the fact of the matter is that these were… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From Hungary And Slovakia’s Russian Oil Dispute With Ukraine By Andrew Korybko This incident shows the lengths to which Ukraine and the EU are going to keep those two in line after they united to form an anti-war bloc… Read More ›
Kiev Mayor Speculated That Zelensky Might Agree To Territorial Compromises With Russia By Andrew Korybko Zelensky knows that he won’t reconquer his country’s lost territory no matter what he says for the purpose of keeping morale high, hence the need to… Read More ›
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