Aliyev Expects To Rise To Global Stardom By Stirring Up Highly Publicized Trouble With Russia By Andrew Korybko This might backfire if the Global South perceives him to be a Western proxy and Russia intensifies its asymmetrical responses, however, so it’s… Read More ›
Russia Ukraine War: Lots Of Speculation Is Swirling Around The Sumy Front By Andrew Korybko Ukraine claims that Russia is gearing up for a large-scale offensive there, a Russian security source denied any such plans, while the US is closely monitoring… Read More ›
Weaponizing Finance: De-Dollarization And The Rise Of BRICS’ New Development Bank By Uriel Araujo BRICS’ New Development Bank is emerging as a strategic tool for the Global South in challenging dollar dominance. As it expands membership and promotes local-currency lending while… Read More ›
Why Did Erdogan Decide To Expand Turkiye’s Sphere Of Influence Eastwards? By Andrew Korybko Assad’s downfall set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that now threatens Russian influence in the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, and Central Asia; i.e. its… Read More ›
Serbia’s Latest Smooth-Talking Towards Russia Is Politically Self-Serving By Andrew Korybko It remains to be seen whether Serbia will keep its word and no longer indirectly arm Ukraine. Serbia surprised some observers after its President and Prime Minister assured Russia that it’ll no longer indirectly… Read More ›
The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay By Andrew Korybko Turkiye sees an opportunity to turbocharge its rise as a Eurasian Great Power along Russia’s entire southern periphery in ways that autonomously align with American… Read More ›
The Outcome Of Armenia’s Latest Round Of Unrest Will Be Pivotal For The Region’s Future By Andrew Korybko If Armenia becomes a joint Azeri-Turkish protectorate like Pashinyan’s opponents fear that he agreed to, then Turkiye could become a force to be… Read More ›
The Future Of Strategic Arms Control Is Dim Due To The Ukrainian Conflict And The Golden Dome By Andrew Korybko There’ll likely be a much greater potential for future conflict, including between Great Powers by proxy. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey… Read More ›
Continued Russian-US Talks Prove That Putin Doesn’t Think That Trump Duped Iran With Diplomacy By Andrew Korybko Sceptics might speculate that he’s playing “5D chess” as part of some “master plan” to “psyche out” the US but that doesn’t make much… Read More ›
Poland’s Patience Wears Thin: Ukraine’s Ally Turns Wary By Uriel Araujo A sharp decline in Polish support for Ukraine’s EU and NATO aspirations, coupled with rising anti-Ukrainian sentiment and historical grievances, threatens to isolate Kiev as Western focus shifts to the… Read More ›
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