France Is Reeling From The Powerful Blow That Russia Just Dealt To Its Prestige In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Turning a blind eye to its citizens’ mercenary activity in Ukraine backfired by leading to a major loss of prestige instead of… Read More ›
Geopolitics
The Iranian Foreign Minister’s Trip To Islamabad Is An Opportunity To Patch Up Their Problems
The Iranian Foreign Minister’s Trip To Islamabad Is An Opportunity To Patch Up Their Problems By Andrew Korybko If Foreign Minister Abdollahian can at least convince his hosts to seriously explore creating a joint security mechanism as the first step towards… Read More ›
Why Did SVR Publish Its Prediction About An Impending Bureaucratic Reshuffle In Ukraine?
Why Did SVR Publish Its Prediction About An Impending Bureaucratic Reshuffle In Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Russia’s foreign spy agency wanted to throw Zelensky into a dilemma by publishing this prediction instead of keeping it classified since it’ll either discredit or… Read More ›
The “Baltic Defence Line” Is Meant To Accelerate The German-Led “Military Schengen”
The “Baltic Defence Line” Is Meant To Accelerate The German-Led “Military Schengen” By Andrew Korybko Observers should pay very close attention to the forthcoming construction of physical infrastructure along the NATO-Russian border like the “Baltic Defence Line”, the relationship between “Steadfast… Read More ›
Why’s The New York Times Fearmongering About Indonesia’s Presidential Frontrunner?
Why’s The New York Times Fearmongering About Indonesia’s Presidential Frontrunner? By Andrew Korybko It’s an information warfare provocation intended to manipulate voters’ perceptions of the frontrunner to the point that a run-off election is scheduled this summer, which could then give… Read More ›
Russia Won’t Resume Arms Control Talks With The US Till The Ukrainian Conflict Ends
Russia Won’t Resume Arms Control Talks With The US Till The Ukrainian Conflict Ends By Andrew Korybko The US wants to inspect some of the same strategic sites that Kiev previously bombed with American-supplied intelligence and munitions, which no self-respecting state… Read More ›
Why Did Saudi Arabia Clarify That It Hasn’t Yet Accepted BRICS Membership?
Why Did Saudi Arabia Clarify That It Hasn’t Yet Accepted BRICS Membership? By Andrew Korybko It can plausibly be hypothesized that Saudi Arabia’s unexpected decision to delay formal membership in BRICS is due to Western perceptions about this association, Iran’s involvement… Read More ›
Debunking The Theory That Iran And Pakistan Secretly Coordinated Their Strikes Against One Another
Debunking The Theory That Iran And Pakistan Secretly Coordinated Their Strikes Against One Another By Andrew Korybko Many among the Alt-Media Community have an over-simplistic view of International Relations whereby they tend to imagine that all countries that support multipolarity are… Read More ›
Germany Is Rebuilding “Fortress Europe” To Assist The US’ “Pivot (Back) To Asia”
Germany Is Rebuilding “Fortress Europe” To Assist The US’ “Pivot (Back) To Asia” By Andrew Korybko The whole point is to leverage this geostrategic project to coerce uncomfortable compromises from Russia in the Ukrainian Conflict while facilitating the US’ “Pivot (back)… Read More ›
Here’s How The Pakistani Establishment Benefits From The Latest Tensions With Iran
Here’s How The Pakistani Establishment Benefits From The Latest Tensions With Iran By Andrew Korybko Observers might expect that the exacerbation of long-running Iranian-Pakistani tensions would be against Islamabad’s interests, just like they might think the same about closer Indian-Iranian relations… Read More ›