Why Orban Now Calls Ukraine An Enemy And What That Means for Hungary By Andrew Korybko It’s also the enemy of Europe’s conservative-nationalists, who’d be left leaderless if Kiev and Brussels succeed in ‘democratically deposing’ Orban during early April’s next parliamentary… Read More ›
Russia
How The US-Azerbaijan Partnership Threatens Russia’s Southern Flank
How The US-Azerbaijan Partnership Threatens Russia’s Southern Flank By Andrew Korybko On the pretext of securing critical mineral and energy supply chains from Central Asia via the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity”, Azerbaijan is poised to become the launchpad… Read More ›
Russia Is Quietly Expanding Its Influence In Madagascar And The Comoros
Russia Is Quietly Expanding Its Influence In Madagascar And The Comoros By Andrew Korybko Russia ultimately has nothing to lose and everything to gain while France has lots to lose and will struggle to retain its influence there. Le Monde reported… Read More ›
Armenia’s Western Turn And the Domestic Upheaval It Could Trigger
Armenia’s Western Turn And the Domestic Upheaval It Could Trigger By Andrew Korybko Armenia might have to accept the return of the ~200,000 Azeris who fled during the chaotic Soviet collapse (and the descendants), grant them equal language rights, teach in… Read More ›
Are US Nukes Returning To Britain? Implications For Europe’s Security Order
Are US Nukes Returning To Britain? Implications For Europe’s Security Order By Uriel Araujo Growing secrecy around US military bases in the UK has reignited speculation about the return of American nuclear weapons to British soil. Infrastructure upgrades, NATO’s nuclear reconfiguration,… Read More ›
Why Russia Warned About The West’s Colour Revolution Plans In Belarus Four Years In Advance?
Why Russia Warned About The West’s Colour Revolution Plans In Belarus Four Years In Advance? By Andrew Korybko The timing of SVR’s warning about the West’s, and especially Poland’s and the US’, “NGO”-led Colour Revolution plans in Belarus during its 2030… Read More ›
Vance’s South Caucasus Trip Tightens The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia
Vance’s South Caucasus Trip Tightens The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia By Andrew Korybko The timing amidst continued US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine suggests that the US expects this ramped-up pressure to raise the chances of coercing concessions from Russia…. Read More ›
The US Weaponized Russophobic Paranoia And Energy Geopolitics To Capture Control Of Europe
The US Weaponized Russophobic Paranoia And Energy Geopolitics To Capture Control Of Europe By Andrew Korybko It’s unimaginable that the US would allow any competitor to reduce its enormous new market share in the European energy industry, which it plans to… Read More ›
Any New Strategic Arms Control Pact Between Russia And The US Hinges On China’s Participation
Any New Strategic Arms Control Pact Between Russia And The US Hinges On China’s Participation By Andrew Korybko The US’ retention of its nuclear superiority vis-à-vis China is non-negotiable, so it’ll either unilaterally maintain its existing edge outside of strategic arms… Read More ›
Why Finnish President Stubb Won’t Convince the Global South to Abandon Multipolarity
Why Finnish President Stubb Won’t Convince the Global South to Abandon Multipolarity By Andrew Korybko This collection of countries, which is unofficially led by India (the most populous and fastest-developing state among them by far), knows that its interests are best… Read More ›