Three Arguments For And Against Russia Extending Its “Energy Ceasefire” With Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Both scenarios entail considerable risks. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin will have the final say on whether Russia extends its 30-day moratorium on strikes against Ukraine’s… Read More ›
Explaining Russia’s Restrained Response To Estonia Seizing One Of Its “Shadow Fleet” Vessels By Andrew Korybko Russia wants to avoid falling into the UK’s trap for sabotaging its rapprochement with the US by credibly threatening military force against Estonia in response… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Military Crisis: Far-Right Whistleblower Exposes Leadership Failures By Uriel Araujo Former Azov Brigade commander accuses General Syrskyi of deadly tactics, highlighting internal military strife. Despite Western aid, Ukraine faces resource strains and far-right controversies, risking a prolonged conflict that could… Read More ›
Clarifying Russian Diplomats’ Seemingly Contradictory Claims About European Peacekeepers By Andrew Korybko Miroshnik and Zakharova said different things last week about these peacekeepers’ real purpose and their degree of coordination with Kiev in the unlikely scenario of them being deployed to… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Black Sea Power Play: Will Erdogan’s Naval Ambitions Spark Clash With Russia? By Uriel Araujo Turkiye’s growing naval presence in the Black Sea, leveraging the Montreux Convention to limit Russia’s fleet while expanding operations in strategic areas, signals Erdogan’s ambition… Read More ›
What Comes Next After The US’ Withdrawal From Poland’s Rzeszow Logistics Hub For Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko This is meant to symbolize the reduction of American military aid to Kiev, not function as the first step towards a complete withdrawal from… Read More ›
Did Ukraine Really Break Through Into Russia’s Belgorod Region? By Andrew Korybko Whatever it might have achieved isn’t militarily significant enough to warrant much attention. Conflicting reports have circulated about whether or not Ukrainian forces had broken through into Russia’s Belgorod… Read More ›
Any Hungarian-Serbian Alliance Would Have Very Real Limits By Andrew Korybko Hungary won’t go to war against Croatia in support of Serbia, thus de facto defecting from NATO with all the cascading consequences that this would entail, including a possible NATO… Read More ›
The EU’s Military-Industrial Plans Could Accelerate The US’ Disengagement From NATO By Andrew Korybko Interoperability issues could make the US think twice about intervening in the EU’s support against Russia. “Trump Is Unlikely To Pull All US Troops Out Of Central… Read More ›
Putin’s Economic Envoy Helped Break The Russian-US Impasse On Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Creative economic diplomacy was the key to getting their increasingly stalled talks back on track. Russian Special Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who’s also the CEO of the Russian… Read More ›
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