Russia’s Middle East Doctrine: Analysing Sergey Lavrov’s Response To The Iran War By Andrew Korybko Many mistakenly believe that Russia is allied with Iran against the Gulf Kingdoms and Israel, but the reality is that it’s always carefully balanced between them,… Read More ›
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“Unprovoked Aggression”: Russia Slams Israel Over Destruction Of Its Cultural Centre In Lebanon
“Unprovoked Aggression”: Russia Slams Israel Over Destruction Of Its Cultural Centre In Lebanon By Andrew Korybko Attempting to explain Israel’s motives doesn’t equate to excusing what it just did as this thought exercise is required for better understanding what just happened… Read More ›
The US And Israel Want To Depopulate Iran’s Capital
The US And Israel Want To Depopulate Iran’s Capital By Andrew Korybko This war might be about to get a lot uglier. Residents of the Iranian capital of Tehran awoke on Sunday to an apocalyptic scene after the US and Israel… Read More ›
How Likely Is It That The US Will Contain Turkiye After It’s Done With Iran?
How Likely Is It That The US Will Contain Turkiye After It’s Done With Iran? By Andrew Korybko It probably won’t since Turkiye helps advance American interests at the crossroads of Afro-Eurasia in Iran, the Middle East-North Africa, and along Russia’s… Read More ›
It’s Believable That Russia Might Be Helping Iran Target The US’ Regional Assets
It’s Believable That Russia Might Be Helping Iran Target The US’ Regional Assets By Andrew Korybko This latest claim respectively conforms to the fears and fantasies of Russia’s foes and friends alike. The Washington Post reported that “Russia is providing Iran intelligence to… Read More ›
Operation Epstein: Why The Iran War Is The Funeral Of ‘America First’
Operation Epstein: Why The Iran War Is The Funeral Of ‘America First’ By Uriel Araujo The joint US-Israel military operation in Iran is destabilizing the Middle East while exposing deep contradictions in Trump’s “America First” doctrine amid the Epstein scandal. Iranian… Read More ›
Iran’s Strikes On The UAE Exposed The Limits Of BRICS Unity
Iran’s Strikes On The UAE Exposed The Limits Of BRICS Unity By Andrew Korybko Iran and the UAE have polar opposite security interests vis-à-vis the US, while India took the UAE’s side over Iran’s arguably due to its nearly 100x greater… Read More ›
Zelensky Is Wrong: Russia Didn’t Start World War III In 2022; It Was The US In 1991!
Zelensky Is Wrong: Russia Didn’t Start World War III In 2022; It Was The US In 1991! By Andrew Korybko He defines World War III as a country “want[ing] to impose on the world a different way of life and change… Read More ›
The Gulf States’ Hosting Of US Forces Actually Made Them Less Safe
The Gulf States’ Hosting Of US Forces Actually Made Them Less Safe By Andrew Korybko From Iran’s perspective, they’re all complicit in the US’ massive first strike even if the role that US military infrastructure in their countries allegedly played was… Read More ›
How US Military Action Against Iran Serves The Grand Strategy Of Containing China
How US Military Action Against Iran Serves The Grand Strategy Of Containing China By Andrew Korybko The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for… Read More ›