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 ›
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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 ›
Tulsi’s Assessment That Putin Doesn’t Want To Conquer All Of Ukraine Is Absolutely Correct
Tulsi’s Assessment That Putin Doesn’t Want To Conquer All Of Ukraine Is Absolutely Correct By Andrew Korybko There are logical military and strategic reasons why he’s not interested in this whatsoever at all. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard responded to a report… Read More ›
The EU’s New Policy Towards Russia’s Seized Assets Isn’t About Helping Ukraine
The EU’s New Policy Towards Russia’s Seized Assets Isn’t About Helping Ukraine By Andrew Korybko The real purpose might be to prevent the US from reaching a deal with Russia per point 14 of its leaked 28-point peace framework to invest… Read More ›
The Trans-Siberian Railway Is Poised To Play A Pivotal Role In Joint Russian-US Projects
The Trans-Siberian Railway Is Poised To Play A Pivotal Role In Joint Russian-US Projects By Andrew Korybko Unlocking this mutually profitable opportunity requires the US to first successfully manage the Turkish-Russian tensions in Central Asia that it’s responsible for exacerbating through… Read More ›
What Could The Contours Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact Look Like?
What Could The Contours Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact Look Like? By Andrew Korybko Awareness of the threats that NATO poses along these three fronts and the division of labour between the top five states therein – Finland, Sweden, Poland, Romania,… Read More ›
What’s The Likelihood Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact?
What’s The Likelihood Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact? By Andrew Korybko This is the most effective way to reform the European security architecture and keep the peace, but a lot will depend on Poland, which plays the most decisive role among… Read More ›
What’s Russia’s Best Move Amidst The German-Polish Zero-Sum Rivalry?
What’s Russia’s Best Move Amidst The German-Polish Zero-Sum Rivalry? By Andrew Korybko US support for Poland slashes the chances that Germany will fulfil its vision of federalizing the EU, so the Kremlin should prioritize the management of Russian-Polish tensions instead of… Read More ›
Were The Brits Behind Bloomberg’s Russian-US Leaks?
Were The Brits Behind Bloomberg’s Russian-US Leaks? By Andrew Korybko Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service warned earlier the same day as Bloomberg’s report that the Brits are hellbent on discrediting Trump in order to undermine his latest peace efforts for resolving the… Read More ›
Russia Is Fine-Tuning Its State Interethnic Policy
Russia Is Fine-Tuning Its State Interethnic Policy By Andrew Korybko This represents a model for managing multiculturalism in historically diverse countries. Putin announced during a meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations, which was held the day after National Unity Day in early November,… Read More ›