The New Energy Realpolitik: Lavrov’s Warning About Trump 2.0’s Quest For Global Dominance By Andrew Korybko Russia’s threat perception of the US is growing as a result of stalled peace talks, increasing pressure to enter into even more concessions than were… Read More ›
Zelensky Took A Page From Bin Laden To Implicitly Justify Attacks Against Civilians By Andrew Korybko Paying taxes doesn’t make one complicit in a conflict nor correspondingly a legitimate target therein. Zelensky told anti-government Belarusian media last month that “Russians who pay taxes… Read More ›
Foreign Affairs Explained Why The Global South Won’t Fall Under Western Influence By Andrew Korybko From the Global South’s perspective, the West discredited itself through its double standards towards the Ukrainian Conflict and the Gaza War, continues pursuing counterproductive ideologically driven… Read More ›
NATO Is In A Dilemma Over Whether To Join Trump’s Proposed Hormuz Naval Coalition By Andrew Korybko Trump intimated that he might cut off arms sales to them for transfer to Ukraine if they reject his demand, thus likely handing Russia… Read More ›
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov: “Reality Changed” Since The Istanbul Accords By Andrew Korybko It’s possible that Putin’s spokesman was signalling that one, some, or all of the major terms stipulated in spring 2022’s peace deal are no longer relevant as regards… Read More ›
The EU Poses A Much More Credible Threat To Russia Than The Inverse By Andrew Korybko If the US oversees the optimization of the EU’s military-industrial complex, military logistics, and other defense-related matters with a view towards “dwarfing” Russia’s associated capabilities,… Read More ›
Why Do More Russians Perceive Poland To Be An Enemy Than They Do Any Other Country? By Andrew Korybko Poland is Russia’s oldest rival, fought over two dozen conflicts with it over the past millennium, and makes no secret of its… Read More ›
The Baltic States Are More Important For Ukraine Than Most Might Realize By Andrew Korybko The Baltic States and Ukraine’s borders with Russia and Belarus are the most likely tripwires for a hot NATO-Russian war, which they have an interest in… Read More ›
What’s Zelensky’s Endgame For Getting Ukraine Directly Involved In The Third Gulf War? By Andrew Korybko He hopes to prove Ukraine’s worth in defending against Iranian drones so that NATO’s Eastern Flank then agrees to his earlier proposal for swapping some… Read More ›
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 ›
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