The Baltic States’ And Poland’s Withdrawal From The Ottawa Convention Won’t Change Much By Andrew Korybko Russia isn’t a signatory nor does it plan to invade any of those four countries. The Baltic States’ and Poland’s Defence Ministers issued a joint… Read More ›
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Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 Megaproject Could Figure Into A Future Deal With The US
Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 Megaproject Could Figure Into A Future Deal With The US By Andrew Korybko Russian and Chinese interests don’t align on this particular issue and the dynamics associated with it. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that “Russia Is Wooing… Read More ›
Assessing Russian Hardliners’ Reportedly Envisaged Endgame In Ukraine
Assessing Russian Hardliners’ Reportedly Envisaged Endgame In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko While there might indeed be some Russian hardliners who think that peace talks should just be a ruse for buying time to make more military gains, such attitudes don’t reflect… Read More ›
Trump’s Gamble: Reforming The Defence Sector While Making Enemies At Home And Abroad
Trump’s Gamble: Reforming The Defence Sector While Making Enemies At Home And Abroad By Uriel Araujo Trump is making too many enemies (domestically and internationally), while trying to reform the intelligence agencies and reshape Washington. The defence sector might be too… Read More ›
De-Dollarization Was Always More Of A Political Slogan Than A Pecuniary Fact
De-Dollarization Was Always More Of A Political Slogan Than A Pecuniary Fact By Andrew Korybko Any breakthrough in Russian-US relations would inevitably disappoint those multipolar enthusiasts who bought into the most ideologically dogmatic narratives of the New Cold War and consequently… Read More ›
A Russian-US “New Détente” Would Revolutionize International Relations
A Russian-US “New Détente” Would Revolutionize International Relations By Andrew Korybko Here’s the full interview that I gave to Newsweek’s Tom O’Connor, excerpts of which were included in his article about “What A Trump-Putin Détente Means for Russia and Iran’s Partnership”…. Read More ›
It’s The Energy, Stupid! Trump, Musk, And The Global Race For Minerals And AI
It’s The Energy, Stupid! Trump, Musk, And The Global Race For Minerals And AI By Uriel Araujo Trump might be bent on “ending the Ukrainian war”, as he puts it, but there will be plenty of other wars to be fought…. Read More ›
The Newly Signed Russian-Iranian Transit Roadmap Is Promising But Still Incomplete
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 ›
Potential Russian-US Cooperation In The Arctic Wouldn’t Harm China’s Interests
Potential Russian-US Cooperation In The Arctic Wouldn’t Harm China’s Interests By Andrew Korybko These five arguments comprehensively discredit such fearmongering. Bloomberg cited unnamed US officials last week to report that they see potential cooperation with Russia in the Arctic “as a way… Read More ›
It’ll Be A Lot Easier Said Than Done For Germany To “Achieve Independence” From The US
It’ll Be A Lot Easier Said Than Done For Germany To “Achieve Independence” From The US By Andrew Korybko The US might go along with this though to accelerate the decline of Germany’s “peaceful” hegemony over the bloc in favour of… Read More ›