Radio Liberty Let The Cat Out Of The Bag Regarding The EU’s Game Plan For Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Russia can expect nothing in return from the EU if Putin concedes to allow their troops and aircraft to deploy in… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Sikorski’s Criticism Of Duda’s Suggestion That Ukraine Compromise Is Hypocritical
Sikorski’s Criticism Of Duda’s Suggestion That Ukraine Compromise Is Hypocritical By Andrew Korybko Comparing Duda to Chamberlain could also backfire after Trump urged Ukraine to cede Crimea. Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski compared outgoing President Andrzej Duda to former British Prime Minister Neville… Read More ›
Rouble Emerges As Top-performing Currency, Signalling BRICS’ Challenge To Dollar Dominance
Rouble Emerges As Top-performing Currency, Signalling BRICS’ Challenge To Dollar Dominance By Uriel Araujo Russia’s rouble, soaring 38% in 2025, outpaces gold and defies Western sanctions. This is potentially game-changing: amid Trump’s tariff wars, BRICS nations can leverage this success to… Read More ›
Putin’s Victory Day Truce Is Meant To Reassure Trump Of His Peaceful Intentions
Putin’s Victory Day Truce Is Meant To Reassure Trump Of His Peaceful Intentions By Andrew Korybko Putin might be concerned that Zelensky manipulated Trump against him after their latest meeting given Trump’s subsequent angry post about Putin. The Kremlin announced on Monday that… Read More ›
Zelensky vs. Poroshenko: Rivalries, Far-Right Influence, And The Struggle For Democracy
Zelensky vs. Poroshenko: Rivalries, Far-Right Influence, And The Struggle For Democracy By Uriel Araujo Meanwhile, Ukraine grapples with ultranationalism and neo-Nazi influence, perpetuating instability despite peace talks. A recent New York Times piece details just how Ukrainian political rivalries are resurfacing as peace… Read More ›
Five Significant Disagreements Account For Trump’s Newfound Anger With Putin
Five Significant Disagreements Account For Trump’s Newfound Anger With Putin By Andrew Korybko The peace process might go kaput if they can’t resolve these issues. Trump speculated that Russia’s bombing of civilian areas might signal that “maybe [Putin] doesn’t want to stop… Read More ›
The Chairman Of The Russian Naval Board Shared His Country’s Strategy For The World Ocean
The Chairman Of The Russian Naval Board Shared His Country’s Strategy For The World Ocean By Andrew Korybko Russia is still one of the world’s top naval powers despite its recent setbacks in the Black Sea. Putin’s senior aide Nikolai Patrushev,… Read More ›
Kashmir: Interpreting Trump’s Reaction To The Pahalgam Terrorist Attack
Kashmir: Interpreting Trump’s Reaction To The Pahalgam Terrorist Attack By Andrew Korybko He predictably condemned the killings and unsurprisingly reaffirmed American neutrality vis-à-vis India and Pakistan in order to position the US as a mediator if their tensions spiral out of… Read More ›
The Top Five Takeaways From Shoigu’s Latest Interview About Russia’s Security Interests
The Top Five Takeaways From Shoigu’s Latest Interview About Russia’s Security Interests By Andrew Korybko If a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine and no Western troops are deployed there, then it’s expected that strategic arms control talks with the US might… Read More ›
Navigating The Aegean: Greek-Turkish Rivalry And NATO’s Growing Fractures
Navigating The Aegean: Greek-Turkish Rivalry And NATO’s Growing Fractures By Uriel Araujo Ongoing Greece-Turkiye disputes over Aegean and Mediterranean claims expose NATO’s internal divisions, as Turkiye’s aggressive “Blue Homeland” doctrine and neo-Ottoman ambitions clash with Greece’s defensive militarization, undermining the alliance’s… Read More ›
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