Kazakhstan And Uzbekistan’s Mineral Deals Signal A New Phase In US Pressure Politics By Andrew Korybko The new strategic stakes that the US has in the region are expected to bolster its commitment to developing two new trade routes to there,… Read More ›
Pakistan Can Tip The Balance Of Power In Central Asia By Andrew Korybko Colluding with the US on destabilizing Afghanistan and returning Western military infrastructure to the region would turbocharge the emerging Turkic Bloc’s rise at the expense of Russia’s influence… Read More ›
The TRIPP Corridor Threatens To Undermine Russia’s Broader Regional Position By Andrew Korybko Armenia might defect from the CSTO while Turkish and NATO influence could surge all along Russia’s southern periphery, which might embolden Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to defy Iran and… Read More ›
The “Trump Bridge” Could Lead To Russia’s Expulsion From The South Caucasus By Andrew Korybko Armenia might formally withdraw from the CSTO and then replace Russian troops with American PMCs. US Ambassador to Turkiye Tom Barrack proposed in mid-July that his country lease… 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 ›
Armenia’s Westward Drift: A Misstep In The Caucasus? By Uriel Araujo The hard truth is that the Caucasus doesn’t reward rigid alliances. As Azerbaijan’s spat with Russia shows, even close partners (however complex that partnership is) can clash without upending the… Read More ›
Why’s The Russian-Taliban Bounty Scandal From Summer 2020 Suddenly Back In The News? By Andrew Korybko The Insider, which is designated as a foreign agent in Russia, wants to complicate Trump’s peace talks with Russia, improve US ties with Pakistan at… Read More ›
The West Is Ramping Up Its Regime Change Campaign In Georgia By Andrew Korybko The immense political pressure being placed upon the ruling party by the West is punishment for its pragmatic domestic and foreign policies. The Georgian capital of Tbilisi… Read More ›
Lavrov Elaborated On Russia’s Afro-Eurasian Grand Strategy By Andrew Korybko These ambitious plans will obviously take time to unfold, and there might be some road bumps along the way, but the importance rests in the fact that this is what Russia… Read More ›
Debunking Politico’s Claim About The Reason Why Armenia Wants To Ditch The CSTO By Andrew Korybko Belarus’ speculative military cooperation with Azerbaijan was much less than Russia’s provably documented arms sales to that country so there’s no way that the recent… Read More ›
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