Armenia’s Ultimatum Over Russian Gas Prices Amounts To A National Suicide Threat By Andrew Korybko Leaving the CSTO and the EAEU before membership in NATO and the EU is assured would amount to national suicide since it could embolden Azerbaijan and/or… Read More ›
Dmitry Trenin, A Top Russian Expert Issues A Clarion Call For Correcting Foreign Policy Misperceptions By Andrew Korybko It’s exceedingly rare for a Russian expert to constructively critique their country’s foreign policy. Top Russian expert Dmitry Trenin was just elected President of the Russian… Read More ›
A Top Russian Official Warns Of A Breaking Point In Relations With Armenia By Andrew Korybko The directness with which he addressed the challenges that Armenia now poses to Russia’s interests contrasts with the discreetness hitherto employed by officials and suggests… Read More ›
The Moment Of Truth Is Arriving In Russian-Armenian Relations By Andrew Korybko Russia tacitly acknowledges that June’s parliamentary elections represent a “Battle for Armenia” just like Hungary’s own later this month represent a “Battle for Hungary”. Putin recently hosted Armenian Prime… Read More ›
Under Iran War’s Shadow: Why The South Caucasus Is No Safe Corridor To Bypass Russia By Uriel Araujo Europe’s push to turn the South Caucasus into a strategic corridor gains urgency amid tensions with Iran and Europe’s attempt to bypass Russia…. Read More ›
Here’s How Karabakh Became The Catalyst Of Russia’s Southern Peripheral Setbacks By Andrew Korybko The previously unresolved Karabakh Conflict might in retrospect be seen as a several-decades-delayed grand strategic game-changer that revolutionized regional geopolitics. Vance’s recent trip to the South Caucasus, which… Read More ›
How The US-Azerbaijan Partnership Threatens Russia’s Southern Flank By Andrew Korybko On the pretext of securing critical mineral and energy supply chains from Central Asia via the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity”, Azerbaijan is poised to become the launchpad… Read More ›
Armenia’s Western Turn And the Domestic Upheaval It Could Trigger By Andrew Korybko Armenia might have to accept the return of the ~200,000 Azeris who fled during the chaotic Soviet collapse (and the descendants), grant them equal language rights, teach in… Read More ›
Vance’s South Caucasus Trip Tightens The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia By Andrew Korybko The timing amidst continued US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine suggests that the US expects this ramped-up pressure to raise the chances of coercing concessions from Russia…. Read More ›
Why Armenia’s Upcoming Elections Matter For Eurasia’s Strategic Balance By Andrew Korybko Pashinyan’s potential democratic ouster could complicate and possibly even suspend TRIPP, thus plugging the geostrategic gap through which Turkiye is expected to inject Western influence along Russia’s entire southern… Read More ›
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