Ukraine Is Presenting Itself As A Reliable Mercenary Force Against Russia In Africa By Andrew Korybko The WSJ’s piece makes it seem like the armed forces’ recent gains around the capital are the result of this secret Ukrainian intervention, which is… Read More ›
Russia Should Seek A Naval Base In Somaliland Since Sudan Continues Giving It The Runaround By Andrew Korybko It’s time for Russia to recalibrate its regional policy in light of the changes that have recently taken place in Sudan and Somalia…. Read More ›
Meloni’s Conspiracy Theory About A Russian-Hamas Connection Has Ulterior Geopolitical Motives By Andrew Korybko Her reference to the Balkans and Africa in the context of supposedly Russian-inspired instability, which most commentators ignored when opining on her latest remarks, might presage more… Read More ›
Here’s What I Learned From Analysing The New Cold War Every Day For Two Years Straight By Andrew Korybko These five trends are considered to be the most significant grand strategic ones that are expected to have the greatest impact on… Read More ›
The Somalian President Embarrassed His Nation With His Undiplomatic Conduct In Addis By Andrew Korybko His bitterness at African countries declining to punish Ethiopia for its Memorandum of Understanding with Somaliland made him susceptible to the US’ outreaches, after which he… Read More ›
The American-Somalian Base Deal Arguably Has Ulterior Motives By Andrew Korybko The US decided to expand its military influence in Somalia on the pretext of anti-terrorist base-building in order to indirectly pressure Ethiopia after last month’s Memorandum of Understanding with Somaliland… Read More ›
The Russian Ambassador Confirmed That Ties With Ethiopia Will Continue Strengthening By Andrew Korybko The importance of Ambassador Evgeny Terekhin’s interview is that Russia will not let third parties influence its relations with Ethiopia, least of all Somalia and especially after… Read More ›
Somalian Ultra-Nationalist Trolls Inspired Saturday’s Terrorist Attack Against Emirati Troops By Andrew Korybko Somalian ultra-nationalist trolls like “Elham Ishmael” know exactly what they’re doing, and that’s radicalizing their targeted Somalian audience in order to inspire acts of terrorism aimed at advancing… Read More ›
The Ethiopian Premier Made Three Solid Points About His Country’s Intentions Towards Somalia By Andrew Korybko If Ethiopia really wanted to create trouble for Somalia, all that it would have to do is withdraw its anti-terrorist forces and cut off bilateral… Read More ›
Debunking The Claim That The Ethiopia-Somaliland MoU Violates The 2018 Tripartite Agreement By Andrew Korybko Somalia and Eritrea obviously didn’t intend to, but their obstruction of Ethiopia’s peaceful naval plans pushed Addis to recognize Somaliland and therefore bring about long-overdue historical… Read More ›
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