Five Lessons That Russia Can Learn From The Latest Israeli-Lebanese War By Andrew Korybko These lessons are: 1) prioritizing military goals over political ones; 2) the importance of superior intelligence; 3) insensitivity to public opinion; 4) the need for one’s “deep… Read More ›
Russia’s Port Deal With Sao Tome And Principe Is A Step In The Right Direction By Andrew Korybko The example set by Sao Tome & Principe is that even tiny countries can multi-align between Great Powers in the New Cold War… Read More ›
Putin Explicitly Confirmed What Was Already Self-Evident About Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine By Andrew Korybko Russia is worried that the influence of hawkish forces inside the US’ “deep state” might be growing and could ultimately lead to a large-scale conventional strike against… Read More ›
Here’s What Polish Foreign Minister Revealed To Russian Pranksters Earlier This Year By Andrew Korybko The most important points are that: Ukrainian corruption could lead to an end of EU support; there’s no willingness in Poland to conventionally intervene there unless… Read More ›
Russia Rebuked The Hawks By Confirming That It Won’t Test Nukes Unless The US Does So First By Andrew Korybko Putin doesn’t want the US thinking that he’s about to escalate and thus tempt it into escalating first in a way… Read More ›
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 ›
Russian-Pakistani Relations Are Surprisingly Taking On Strategic Dimensions By Andrew Korybko Nothing major has yet to be agreed to, but that might change if Pakistan musters the political will to defy the US, which Russia evidently thinks is possible. Russian Deputy… Read More ›
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? 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 ›
What Would Really Be Achieved By Russia Using Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine At This Point? By Andrew Korybko They’d only advance the political goal of speeding up the resumption of peace talks on more of Russia’s terms at major economic, financial,… Read More ›
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