A New Great Game In Eurasia? Rubio Faces A Geopolitical Reality Check By Uriel Araujo Washington is seeking influence over Eurasia’s strategic trade corridors, from Central Asia to Turkey and Greece. Rubio’s visit exposes both the ambitions and contradictions of Trump’s… Read More ›
Europe’s Migrant “Return Hub” Plans In Central Asia Could Create New Risks For Russia By Uriel Araujo The EU is considering return hubs in third countries. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have emerged as possible locations, despite official denials. The proposal could extend… Read More ›
Turkey’s Eurasian Pivot: Balancing NATO, Russia And China By Uriel Araujo Ankara is deepening nuclear ties with Russia, and considering full SCO membership – while remaining a NATO member. Erdogan’s multi-alignment strategy also includes an expanding Turkic agenda. The result is… Read More ›
Russia And Iran Can Use Carrots And Sticks To Get Azerbaijan To Demilitarize TRIPP By Andrew Korybko President Ilham Aliyev is a rational leader who might conclude that it’s better to cut mutually beneficial deals with Russia and Iran for resolving… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Maritime Security Pledge To Ukraine Threatens Russia’s Black Sea Interests By Andrew Korybko Its newfound commitment to ensuring Ukraine’s maritime security poses a serious threat to Russia. Turkish Foreign Minister and former spy chief Hakan Fidan confirmed during a joint… Read More ›
How Long Will The “Full Normalization” Of Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Last? By Andrew Korybko It’s a step in the right direction, but TRIPP’s unstated dual purpose of a NATO military logistics corridor that’ll ultimately stretch across Russia’s entire southern periphery must be… Read More ›
Why’s Trump Preparing To “Escalate To De-Escalate” With Russia? By Andrew Korybko He feels personally insulted by Putin rejecting his proposal to freeze the conflict in exchange for a resource-centric strategic partnership and also, whether one agrees with him or not,… Read More ›
Close Ties With Kazakhstan Are Indispensable For The Future Of Russia’s Sovereignty By Andrew Korybko If the NATO-OTS duo divides-and-rules them, then another special operation and possible NATO-Russian proxy war might be inevitable, which would be to their detriment while that… Read More ›
The US Doesn’t Need Tomahawks In Germany To Keep Tightening The Noose Around Russia By Andrew Korybko Such a move wouldn’t substantively alleviate the newfound pressure upon Russia brought about by the tightening of the containment noose around it in the… Read More ›
Russia’s FSB Chief Warns That The West’s “Holy Grail Of Hybrid War” Is Being Deployed To The CIS By Andrew Korybko AI-assisted infowars could psychologically sever the former USSR’s Turkic populations from Russia. FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov warned during a recent… Read More ›