Russia Is Quietly Expanding Its Influence In Madagascar And The Comoros By Andrew Korybko Russia ultimately has nothing to lose and everything to gain while France has lots to lose and will struggle to retain its influence there. Le Monde reported… Read More ›
The US Might Make The Sahelian Alliance An Offer That It Can’t Refuse By Andrew Korybko Its members might be told by the Bureau of African Affairs’ chief to let the US replace or at least “balance” Russia’s role as their… Read More ›
Why Russia’s Syria Strategy Goes Far Beyond Protecting Its Military Bases By Andrew Korybko They’re all connected to its role in jointly building the “New Syria”. Syrian President Ahmed “Jolani” al-Sharaa’s second trip to Moscow in several months was widely interpreted as having… Read More ›
Why Did Trump Bomb ISIS In Nigeria On Christmas? By Andrew Korybko This might not be a one-off attack for domestic political purposes but the beginning of a campaign aimed at wresting Nigeria away from BRICS and restoring its role as… Read More ›
Russia’s Long-Delayed Sudanese Naval Base Might Be Back On Track By Andrew Korybko The timing of this latest report was probably aimed at complicating the revived Russian-US talks on Ukraine by putting “deep state” pressure on Trump to demand that Sudan… Read More ›
The US Might Pursue The “Peaceful Balkanization” Of The Congo By Andrew Korybko Trump 2.0 might conclude that federalization is the only sustainable solution to the Congo’s protracted political-security crises for averting its (inevitable?) second collapse and subsequently enabling the US… Read More ›
A Russian Expert Shared An Unexpected Assessment Of The Beninese Coup Attempt By Andrew Korybko He believes that the French were behind it and sought to undermine the regional security system. The failed Beninese coup was seen by many as an… Read More ›
Here’s How Key Stakeholders Can Help Broker A Port Deal Between Ethiopia And Eritrea By Andrew Korybko While Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the stakeholders most capable of stopping Egypt from exploiting Eritrea as a proxy due to their financial… Read More ›
Ethiopia Strongly Suggested That Eritrea Is Following In Ukraine’s Footsteps By Andrew Korybko Its Foreign Minister’s description of Ethiopia’s grievances against Eritrea, coupled with his closing remarks about how they’re “two states that have virtually one people”, resembles Putin’s article “On… Read More ›
Sudan Burns While Washington And Brussels Wash Their Hands By Uriel Araujo Sudan is now collapsing into one of the worst wars of our time. Years of Western-backed reforms, sanctions, and flawed peace deals set the stage for today’s bloodshed. A… Read More ›
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