Could A Major War Soon Erupt Along The Latvian-Belarusian-Ukrainian Front? By Andrew Korybko In all three cases, it’s respectively Ukraine, Latvia, and Poland and France that arguably have the prerogative when it comes to whether or not to escalate against Russia,… Read More ›
NATO’s Shooting Down Of A Ukrainian Drone Over Estonia Sent Messages To Kiev, Riga, And Moscow By Andrew Korybko The primary takeaway is that Estonia doesn’t want any part in whatever Latvia might be cooking up with Ukraine, reasonably calculating that… Read More ›
Norway Wants To Lead A “Viking Bloc” For Containing Russia In Northern Europe By Andrew Korybko It can simultaneously threaten Russia along the increasingly interconnected Arctic and Baltic fronts. Russian Ambassador to Norway Nikolai Korchunov gave a brief interview to TASS about bilateral… Read More ›
How Likely Is It That Russia’s Next Special Operation Will Be Against Latvia? By Andrew Korybko What’s much more probable is kinetic retaliation against reported Ukrainian drone teams there. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) warned that their country’s armed forces are ready to… Read More ›
Why Is The Russian Foreign Ministry Downplaying The Likelihood Of TRIPP’s Implementation? By Andrew Korybko With all respect to Kalugin and the institution that he represents, nobody is perfect and expectations can sometimes be mistaken, such as was recently the case… Read More ›
The Triad Of The Sarmat: Decoding Russia’s Nuclear Signals To Europe And The US By Andrew Korybko The overarching one is that Sarmat deters a NATO invasion of Russia. Russia recently tested its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (known as Satan II by… Read More ›
Trade, Energy, And Geopolitics: The Next Phase Of Russia-Pakistan Ties By Andrew Korybko The plan is for Pakistan and Russia to cooperate across the broad swath of Eurasia between them connecting the Arabian Sea with the Arctic Ocean. Pakistani Ambassador to… Read More ›
Breaking Russia? Why The Wall Street Journal Is Wrong About Putin By Andrew Korybko To be sure, self-reform is (urgently?) required for Russia to remain competitive, and it’s here where it can learn from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s exhortation for his… Read More ›
The Russian Triad Is Now On The Same Page Regarding Southern-Emanating Threats From NATO By Andrew Korybko Representatives from the Presidential Administration, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs have recently addressed these threats, which risk spiralling into a three-front… Read More ›
Finland Is Becoming One Of Russia’s Most Intractable Foes By Andrew Korybko It surrendered its sovereignty to the US at a tremendous economic cost and with no benefit to itself. Russian Ambassador to Finland Pavel Kuznetsov gave an interview to TASS in mid-April… Read More ›
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