Interpreting Russian FM Lavrov’s Latest Remarks About Pakistan By Andrew Korybko They generated a lot of media attention in South Asia but there’s nothing new in what he said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was asked during a recent press conference about how… Read More ›
The Europeans Are Unlikely To Accede To Zelensky’s Demand For 200,000 Peacekeepers By Andrew Korybko Trump isn’t expected to extend Article 5 mutual defence guarantees to allies’ forces in third countries like Ukraine since they might provoke a war with Russia… Read More ›
Did Trump Just Drop Some Hints About His Peace Plan For Russia-Ukraine Conflict? By Andrew Korybko Trump’s known for his capriciousness, however, so it might be that he either didn’t mean to hint at anything at all in his latest remarks… Read More ›
Putin’s Senior Aide Patrushev Made Some Predictions About Trump, China, And Eastern Europe By Andrew Korybko The outcome of Trump’s continued struggle with the “deep state” will reverberate across the world. Putin’s senior aide Nikolai Patrushev, who ran the FSB for… Read More ›
US Enforces Last-Minute “Trump-proof” Sanctions On Russia While Nobody Knows Who Really Is In The Driving Seat By Uriel Araujo This is arguably the wildest presidential transition in the history of the US. Trump will take the oath on November 20th… Read More ›
The Russian-Iranian Partnership Might Be A Game-Changer, But Only For Gas, Not Geopolitics By Andrew Korybko The future of their strategic partnership is bright, but in order to fully appreciate its prospects, observers must acknowledge its non-military nature instead of continuing… Read More ›
The UK’s 100-Year Partnership Pact With Ukraine Is Just A Public Relations Stunt By Andrew Korybko In terms of the bigger picture, the UK definitely wants to play a long-term and highly strategic role in Ukraine, but the extent to which… Read More ›
The Merits Of A Demilitarized “Trans-Dnieper” Region Controlled By Non-Western Peacekeepers By Andrew Korybko This proposal is the most realistic means for keeping the peace after an armistice. Bloomberg cited unnamed “people with knowledge of Kremlin thinking” to report that Russia will… Read More ›
Analysing Ukraine’s Attempted Drone Strike On TurkStream’s Russian Infrastructure By Andrew Korybko Here are five observations about Kiev’s latest provocation in terms of the bigger picture. Russia accused Ukraine of attempting a drone strike against one of TurkStream’s gas compressor stations, which… Read More ›
Why’s The Russian-Taliban Bounty Scandal From Summer 2020 Suddenly Back In The News? By Andrew Korybko The Insider, which is designated as a foreign agent in Russia, wants to complicate Trump’s peace talks with Russia, improve US ties with Pakistan at… Read More ›
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