NATO’s Flirtation With Pre-Emptive Cyber Strikes Against Russia Is Incredibly Dangerous By Andrew Korybko The British might be egging this on to provoke a crisis for ruining the renascent Russian-US “New Détente”, but even if this fails, Continental Europe would still… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Nawrocki Cancelled His Planned Meeting With Orban On A False Pretext
Nawrocki Cancelled His Planned Meeting With Orban On A False Pretext By Andrew Korybko The head of his foreign affairs office said that this is because Orban just met with Putin to negotiate energy deals, but Nawrocki met with Trump shortly… Read More ›
The US’ Own Policies, Not Russian Propaganda, Are Why It’s Losing Support In Mexico
The US’ Own Policies, Not Russian Propaganda, Are Why It’s Losing Support In Mexico By Andrew Korybko It appears that Mexican society is bifurcating into diehard pro- and anti-US camps, the essence of which isn’t anything new in principle but is… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Scandal Is Turning Into A Rolling Coup
Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Scandal Is Turning Into A Rolling Coup By Andrew Korybko Zelensky might be next after Yermak was just taken down unless he complies with Trump’s demands for peace, in which case it’s not unforeseeable that he too could be… Read More ›
A Top US Foreign Policy Magazine Warned About Trump’s Counterproductive Policy Towards BRICS
A Top US Foreign Policy Magazine Warned About Trump’s Counterproductive Policy Towards BRICS By Andrew Korybko Staying the course risks harming the US’ strategic interests, but arguably not in the way that they fear. Foreign Affairs, the influential Council on Foreign… Read More ›
NATO’s ‘Anschluss’ With Austria: A Faux Victory In The War Of Narratives
NATO’s ‘Anschluss’ With Austria: A Faux Victory In The War Of Narratives By Andrew Korybko This would be nothing but “another (faux) victory over Putin” that could be spun as having made the populace’s reduced living standards worthwhile after they dropped… Read More ›
What’s Russia’s Best Move Amidst The German-Polish Zero-Sum Rivalry?
What’s Russia’s Best Move Amidst The German-Polish Zero-Sum Rivalry? By Andrew Korybko US support for Poland slashes the chances that Germany will fulfil its vision of federalizing the EU, so the Kremlin should prioritize the management of Russian-Polish tensions instead of… Read More ›
Were The Brits Behind Bloomberg’s Russian-US Leaks?
Were The Brits Behind Bloomberg’s Russian-US Leaks? By Andrew Korybko Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service warned earlier the same day as Bloomberg’s report that the Brits are hellbent on discrediting Trump in order to undermine his latest peace efforts for resolving the… Read More ›
Russia Is Fine-Tuning Its State Interethnic Policy
Russia Is Fine-Tuning Its State Interethnic Policy By Andrew Korybko This represents a model for managing multiculturalism in historically diverse countries. Putin announced during a meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations, which was held the day after National Unity Day in early November,… Read More ›
Iran’s Energy Crisis Drives Closer Ties With Russia And China
Iran’s Energy Crisis Drives Closer Ties With Russia And China By Uriel Araujo Tehran’s failing grid and worsening drought highlight a structural crisis years in the making. In that context, sanctions have only accelerated Iran’s turn toward Russia and China. The… Read More ›