Why Putin Lamented The Worsening Of Russian-Japanese Relations By Andrew Korybko An escalation in their tensions might be inevitable as Japan assumes leadership of the Northeast Asian front of the “cordon sanitaire” that the US built around Russia over the past… Read More ›
The US Is Implementing The NATO 3.0 Concept In Asia Through AUKUS+ By Andrew Korybko The US is replicating its anti-Russian regional containment model against China. Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby gave a landmark speech in Manilla during the first… Read More ›
Japan’s New Strike Capabilities Could Tighten The Northeast Asian “Cordon Sanitaire” Around Russia By Andrew Korybko Its temporary hosting of the US’ short- and medium-range Typhon missile systems combines with its interest in Ukraine’s state-of-the-art drone technology to pose formidable threats… Read More ›
Putin Threatens Tit-For-Tat Ship Seizures To End The West’s “Shadow Fleet” Crackdown By Andrew Korybko This is the second time this summer that he’s “escalating to de-escalate” in a bid to restore deterrence. The West’s spree of “shadow fleet” seizures might… Read More ›
It’s Not “Propaganda” To Say That Hosting Nukes Would Make Lithuania A Russian Target By Andrew Korybko That false claim amounts to state propaganda against its own people. Lithuania’s publicly financed LRT recently reported that “Russian propaganda targeted Lithuania’s bid to abandon nuclear… Read More ›
Ukraine Is The West’s Top Proxy For Fighting Russia In Africa By Andrew Korybko They’re duking it out in Mali, Libya, and Sudan right now. Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko drew renewed attention to last summer’s claims that Ukraine is responsible for… Read More ›
The Polish-German Defence Pact Indisputably Prioritizes Berlin’s Interests Over Warsaw’s By Andrew Korybko This isn’t surprising since Germany seeks to subordinate Poland. Polish expert at the Sobieski Institute Sebastian Meitz reported on the details of June’s Polish-German defence pact in a… Read More ›
Why Did Russia Once Again Reaffirm Its Commitment To The “Spirit Of Anchorage”? By Andrew Korybko Putin favours compromising for peace over continuing to pursue maximum victory at the growing risk of World War III, but it’s up to Trump whether… Read More ›
There’d Likely Be Another Civil War Before Ukraine Meaningfully Turns Away From The West By Andrew Korybko For as much as the Telegraph fears this scenario and Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service hopes that it’ll happen, it’s unrealistic to expect that the… Read More ›
What’s Behind Putin’s Decision To Mildly “Escalate To De-Escalate” With Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko He seemingly realized that the West sought to systematically deindustrialize and demilitarize Russia through Ukraine’s new drone campaign and consequently concluded that it’s an existential threat. It… Read More ›