Aliyev Expects To Rise To Global Stardom By Stirring Up Highly Publicized Trouble With Russia By Andrew Korybko This might backfire if the Global South perceives him to be a Western proxy and Russia intensifies its asymmetrical responses, however, so it’s… Read More ›
Why Did Erdogan Decide To Expand Turkiye’s Sphere Of Influence Eastwards? By Andrew Korybko Assad’s downfall set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that now threatens Russian influence in the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, and Central Asia; i.e. its… Read More ›
The Outcome Of Armenia’s Latest Round Of Unrest Will Be Pivotal For The Region’s Future By Andrew Korybko If Armenia becomes a joint Azeri-Turkish protectorate like Pashinyan’s opponents fear that he agreed to, then Turkiye could become a force to be… Read More ›
CSTO Under Siege: How the West and Turkiye are Rewriting Eurasia’s Security Map By Uriel Araujo Turkiye and the West are exploiting Armenia’s frustrations with the CSTO to promote the concept of a “Turan Army,” aiming to bring NATO closer to… Read More ›
The Newly Signed Russian-Iranian Transit Roadmap Is Promising But Still Incomplete By Andrew Korybko The two greatest obstacles to the North-South Transport Corridor are the Azerbaijani-Iranian security dilemma and the US’ reinstated “maximum pressure” policy against the Islamic Republic. Russia and… Read More ›
Why Central Asia And Russia Are Unlikely To Rely More On Pakistani Ports For Foreign Trade By Andrew Korybko All in all, while it makes economic sense for them to do so, it’s not politically feasible at present. The Pakistani Energy… Read More ›
Assessing The Feasibility Of A Russian Gas Pipeline To China Through Kazakhstan By Andrew Korybko The only reason why Kazakhstan is being considered either as a complement or an alternative to Mongolia as a transit state to China is for political… Read More ›
Kazakhstan’s Ambitious Regionalization Vision Presents Obstacles And Opportunities For Russia By Andrew Korybko Trilateral Russian-Iranian-Indian cooperation could gently balance Turkiye’s rapidly expanding influence in Central Asia. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev shared an ambitious regionalization vision in his de facto manifesto earlier… Read More ›
The Latest Unrest In Gwadar Imperils Pakistan’s Eurasian Connectivity Plans By Andrew Korybko Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics are more inclined to focus their exports on Iran’s North-South Transport Corridor instead of Pakistan’s CPEC so long as the Baloch Conflict… Read More ›
Kyrgyzstan’s Decision To Stop Accepting Russia’s Mir Bank Card Is Unfortunate But Understandable By Andrew Korybko This tiny country can’t realistically resist the US on the financial front, but everything that it’s doing on the political one proves that it doesn’t… Read More ›