Trump’s Latest Angry Post About Putin Is His Most Significant One Yet By Andrew Korybko Trump is either being maliciously misinformed about the conflict from his trusted advisors (not counting Witkoff of course) or that he’s manipulatively creating the pretext for… Read More ›
Russia-China Arctic Alliance Challenges The West In Resource-rich High North By Uriel Araujo Russia and China’s deepening Arctic partnership, characterized by joint naval drills and Northern Sea Route development, poses a challenge to Western dominance. NATO’s response, and Canada’s military buildup… Read More ›
Zelensky’s Illegitimacy Might Still Not Preclude Him From Signing Any Peace Documents By Andrew Korybko The fact that Peskov confirmed that Putin could hypothetically meet with Zelensky under certain conditions is proof of the Russian leader’s pragmatic desire to end the… Read More ›
Will Russia’s Latest Buffer Zone Plan Be More Successful Than The Last? By Andrew Korybko The longer that Ukraine refuses to agree to peace on Russia’s terms, the more land that it stands to lose, which might ultimately be much more… Read More ›
Russians And Afrikaners Are Kindred Peoples By Andrew Korybko This was highlighted like never before after the USSR’s dissolution. South Africa’s Afrikaner minority, and especially the farmers among them (Boers), are back in the news after Trump’s feisty meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa… Read More ›
Will Russia Inevitably Reconcile With The EU And Ukraine Like Putin Predicts? By Andrew Korybko He’s known for being a realist, not a wishful thinker, which is why his prediction was so surprising to many observers. Putin predicted a few weeks… Read More ›
The Devil’s In The Details As Trump Announces “Immediate” Russian-Ukrainian Ceasefire Talks By Andrew Korybko The US’ policy towards the conflict will likely depend on the course of these upcoming negotiations. Trump appeared to have recognized the limits of third-party mediation… Read More ›
Belarus Shouldn’t Worry About Russia Not Ensuring Its Interests In Any Peace Deal By Andrew Korybko A top diplomat’s indirectly expressed concerns about this are understandable but unnecessary. Belarusian First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Lukashevich made a curious comment in a… Read More ›
Russia’s Neutrality During The Latest Indo-Pak Conflict Was Due To New Policymaking Dynamics By Andrew Korybko Russia might be reassessing India’s role in Eurasia. Alexei Zakharov is a respected Russian expert on South Asia who serves as a Fellow at the… Read More ›
Russia-Ukraine: The Ball’s In Trump’s Court After The Latest Istanbul Talks By Andrew Korybko The mixed signals that he sent on Friday suggest that he hasn’t made up his mind about what to do. The first bilateral Russian-Ukrainian talks in over… Read More ›
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