Fact Check: The Russian Ambassador To Pakistan Wasn’t Targeted By Terrorists By Andrew Korybko Influential accounts have a responsibility to their audience to perform due diligence before sharing their opinion about extremely sensitive news items like this one. A remote-controlled improvised… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Armenia Isn’t All That Important To Iran’s Economic And National Security
Armenia Isn’t All That Important To Iran’s Economic And National Security By Andrew Korybko Iran has ulterior motives for opposing the Zangezur Corridor. Iran’s continued opposition to the Zangezur Corridor, which was earlier analysed here and here, is predicated on the assumption that… Read More ›
Lavrov Explained What Russia Hopes To Achieve By Talking About Its Red Lines
Lavrov Explained What Russia Hopes To Achieve By Talking About Its Red Lines By Andrew Korybko Such rhetoric should be taken seriously, not downplayed, but it also shouldn’t be exaggerated either. Lavrov gave an insightful interview to Sky News Arabia in which he… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Refusal To Exhume And Properly Bury The Volhynia Genocide’s Victims Enrages Poles
Ukraine’s Refusal To Exhume And Properly Bury The Volhynia Genocide’s Victims Enrages Poles By Andrew Korybko Poles are waking up to the dark reality of contemporary Ukrainian nationalism. Casual observers might be surprised that a World War II-era genocide of over 100,000… Read More ›
The US Now Wants To Shift The Burden Of Ukraine Onto Its European Colonies
The US Now Wants To Shift The Burden Of Ukraine Onto Its European Colonies By Uriel Araujo About Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg now says: “I welcome these developments and these decisions but it’s for individual allies… Read More ›
The “War Of Attrition” Was Improvised And Not Russia’s Plan All Along
The “War Of Attrition” Was Improvised And Not Russia’s Plan All Along By Andrew Korybko People should be mature enough to accept that no country is perfect, not even their favorite one like Russia, and that setbacks are an unavoidable part… Read More ›
Why Won’t Russia Destroy Ukraine’s Bridges Across The Dnieper?
Why Won’t Russia Destroy Ukraine’s Bridges Across The Dnieper? By Andrew Korybko Only Russian officials know for sure why their country hasn’t ever tried to do this, but the lack of an authoritative explanation this long into the conflict was bound… Read More ›
Mainstream Media Is Exaggerating The Impact Of Anti-Proxy War Posters In Italy
Mainstream Media Is Exaggerating The Impact Of Anti-Proxy War Posters In Italy By Andrew Korybko But it would also be a mistake to dismiss their impact. CNN headlined an article last week about how “Pro-Russian posters appear on billboards across Italy”… Read More ›
Mongolia’s Embrace Of Putin Despite His ICC Warrant Exposes South Africa’s Political Cowardice
Mongolia’s Embrace Of Putin Despite His ICC Warrant Exposes South Africa’s Political Cowardice By Andrew Korybko South Africa didn’t dare to host Putin in defiance of the West despite being more populous, militarily stronger, and prosperous than Mongolia, not to mention… Read More ›
Ukraine’s First Confirmed Loss Of A F-16 Is A Major Loss Of Face
Ukraine’s First Confirmed Loss Of A F-16 Is A Major Loss Of Face By Andrew Korybko This is an inauspicious start to Ukraine’s long-awaited F-16 deployment. Ukraine confirmed last week that it lost its first F-16, which it claims simply crashed while on… Read More ›