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 ›
Breaking Russia? Why The Wall Street Journal Is Wrong About Putin By Andrew Korybko To be sure, self-reform is (urgently?) required for Russia to remain competitive, and it’s here where it can learn from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s exhortation for his… Read More ›
US Bets On Uzbekistan To Counter China In Central Asia By Uriel Araujo The US appears increasingly interested in Uzbekistan as part of a broader attempt to counter Chinese influence in Eurasia. The move reflects broader US efforts to challenge Chinese… Read More ›
The Russian Triad Is Now On The Same Page Regarding Southern-Emanating Threats From NATO By Andrew Korybko Representatives from the Presidential Administration, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs have recently addressed these threats, which risk spiralling into a three-front… Read More ›