Russia Tacitly Recognizes China’s Self-Proclaimed Status As A “Near-Arctic State” By Andrew Korybko The reported Sino-Russo Coast Guard drills in the Arctic are proof of Russian support for this claim. CNN reported last week that “China’s Coast Guard claims to have… Read More ›
Is Russia Really The “Greatest Threat” To France? By Andrew Korybko Russia’s support of multipolar processes in West Africa has dealt a heavy blow to French hegemony there, which France has responded to by waging a proxy war on Russia in… Read More ›
Gulf Of Finland Might Become The Site Of New Conflict Between NATO And Russia By Uriel Araujo Finland and Estonia, two NATO countries, have recently signed an agreement about Baltic Sea security. Moreover, and more importantly, they have announced their intention to… Read More ›
Russia’s Potential Ban On Critical Mineral Exports To The West Likely Won’t Change Much By Andrew Korybko Asian countries would probably replace Russia’s lost Western customers, while India could facilitate their purchase of these resources just like it’s already doing with… Read More ›
WaPo Detailed The New Tactics Responsible For Russia’s Latest Successes In Donbass By Andrew Korybko To paraphrase the famous saying, “Russians saddle slow but ride fast”, so it’s possible that everything might soon accelerate as a result of Russia finally adopting… Read More ›
Don’t Forget About How NATO’s North-eastern Flank Can Stir Up A Lot Of Trouble For Russia By Andrew Korybko Estonia wouldn’t talk about blockading the Gulf of Finland without prior encouragement from the US. Most of the discourse surrounding the NATO-Russian proxy… Read More ›
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 ›