The US Failed To Drive A Wedge Between Russia And Its Asian Partners By Andrew Korybko The insight shared in Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko’s interview with Izvestia leads to five conclusions about the state of strategic affairs in Asia,… Read More ›
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China’s Oil Production Deal With Afghanistan Is Mutually Beneficial
China’s Oil Production Deal With Afghanistan Is Mutually Beneficial By Andrew Korybko What Afghanistan urgently needs isn’t more lectures about its internal affairs or military threats, but someone credible like China who sincerely believes in its people’s ability to reconstruct their… Read More ›
Debunking The Latest Conspiracy Theory About Sino-Russo Infowar Cooperation
Debunking The Latest Conspiracy Theory About Sino-Russo Infowar Cooperation By Andrew Korybko Ivana Stradner’s and The Intercept’s timed reports pushed a literal conspiracy theory that aimed to serve several of the Golden Billion’s interests. First, it distracts the public from the… Read More ›
The Five Ways In Which 2022 Completely Changed Russian Grand Strategy
The Five Ways In Which 2022 Completely Changed Russian Grand Strategy By Andrew Korybko This piece will identify the five ways in which the past year completely changed Russian grand strategy, beginning with the special operation and ending with China replacing… Read More ›
Why’d China Agree To A Fiercely Anti-Iranian Joint Statement With The GCC?
Why’d China Agree To A Fiercely Anti-Iranian Joint Statement With The GCC? By Andrew Korybko It’s unclear how everything will ultimately end, but the present trajectory certainly seems to be one whereby China is comprehensively expanding relations with American allies like… Read More ›
Why Is ‘The Washington Post’ Rehabilitating President Xi’s Image In The Western Consciousness?
Why Is ‘The Washington Post’ Rehabilitating President Xi’s Image In The Western Consciousness? By Andrew Korybko To be clear, this remarkable narrative event doesn’t mean that the Sino-American discussions over a New Détente will ultimately succeed, but just that enough progress… Read More ›
Russia’s Energy Geopolitics With China And India
Russia’s Energy Geopolitics With China And India By Andrew Korybko The top takeaways from this analysis are several. First, Russia’s energy geopolitics with China and India are mutually beneficial. Second, China’s energy diversification strategy is being balanced out by India’s insatiable… Read More ›
Are China’s Zero-COVID Protests Really A Colour Revolution Like Some On The Left Claim?
Are China’s Zero-COVID Protests Really A Colour Revolution Like Some On The Left Claim? By Andrew Korybko The leftist-friendly segment of the Alt-Media Community should have adopted a pragmatic wait-and-see approach instead of jumping the gun and trying to be “more… Read More ›
The Evolution Of Key Players’ Perceptions Across The Course Of The Ukrainian Conflict
The Evolution Of Key Players’ Perceptions Across The Course Of The Ukrainian Conflict By Andrew Korybko Hindsight is 20/20 as the clichéd saying goes, ergo the importance of reviewing prior assessments of every key player’s perceptions and associated assumptions about their… Read More ›
‘The Daily Beast’ Shared Some Surprisingly Accurate Assessments Of Chinese Interests
‘The Daily Beast’ Shared Some Surprisingly Accurate Assessments Of Chinese Interests By Andrew Korybko China’s grand strategic vulnerabilities are more acute nowadays than they’ve been at any time in the past half-century since its first rapprochement with the US. The Daily… Read More ›