Interpreting Putin’s Remarks On Syria, Israel, And Turkiye By Andrew Korybko His pragmatic hedging preserves Russia’s national interests and even stands a chance at advancing them in the new regional reality. Putin commented on Syria’s regime change during his annual Q&A session on Thursday. According… Read More ›
Russia Dodged A Bullet By Wisely Choosing Not To Ally With The Now-Defeated Resistance Axis By Andrew Korybko Putin made the right choice, which was always driven by his rational calculation of what was in Russia’s objective interests as a state,… Read More ›
This Weekend’s Astana Summit Is Likely The Last Chance For A Political Solution In Syria By Andrew Korybko If he declines to cut a deal, then Russia might punish him by not letting him live out the rest of his days… Read More ›
The Five Reasons Why Syria Was Caught By Surprise By Andrew Korybko The disaster in Aleppo was avoidable and is just as bad as it looks. The Turkish-backed terrorists’/“rebels’” advance on Aleppo, which was analysed here, came as a shock to… Read More ›
What Explains Israel’s Surprisingly Restrained Retaliation Against Iran? By Andrew Korybko It’s becoming very difficult for Israel and Iran to balance their own hawks’ demands, domestic public perception, and the perception of their opponent’s policymakers (which include hawkish elements). Israel finally… Read More ›
The US Sends THAAD To Israel But Denies Defence System To Ukraine By Uriel Araujo The 1955-1975 Vietnam war is often described as a quagmire. It seems Washington’s potential ‘Vietnams’ are multiplying each day. For the first time since the ongoing… Read More ›
The US Fears An Uncontrollable Escalation Sequence With Russia Much More Than With Iran By Andrew Korybko Non-nuclear Iran is incapable of existentially threatening the US like nuclear-armed Russia could. Politico cited a senior Senate aid and two sources in the Biden… Read More ›
How Significant Is The US’ THAAD Deployment To Israel? By Andrew Korybko Something big is coming, and whatever it is, there’s now a heightened chance that the US will become directly involved. The Pentagon confirmed that it’ll dispatch nearly 100 troops to… Read More ›
Here’s What Putin Will Probably Discuss With Pezeshkian By Andrew Korybko Their meeting will be important, but not in the way that some have convinced themselves it will be with regard to imagining that Russia will promise to support Iran if… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Rhetoric On The Middle East Crisis Should Be Taken With A Grain Of Salt By Uriel Araujo The ongoing crisis in the Middle East, besides being a regional Arab-Israeli conflict, is also the escalation of the long going Iranian-Israeli “non-official… Read More ›
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