China Might Not Want Russia To Lose, But It Might Not Want Russia To Win Either By Andrew Korybko A Russian loss would be catastrophic for China’s security, while a Russian victory could end the discounted energy bonanza that’s helping it… Read More ›
The Sino-Indo Rivalry Will Shape Trump’s Anti-Russian Secondary Sanctions Decision By Andrew Korybko The tariff-driven prisoner’s dilemma between China and India could work to Russia’s advantage. One of the three pillars of Trump’s newly announced policy towards the Ukrainian Conflict is the imposition of up to… Read More ›
Here’s How Trump Was Manipulated Into Mission Creep By Andrew Korybko Zelensky, anti-Russian US hawks, Melania, and the Mainstream Media each exploited in their own way his false expectation that Putin would agree to a ceasefire-partnership deal. Many are struggling to… Read More ›
Trump’s “Major Statement” On Russia Is A Clumsy Attempt To Thread The Needle By Andrew Korybko His threatened secondary sanctions could majorly backfire by harming the US’ own interests. The “major statement” on Russia that Trump earlier hyped up turned out… Read More ›
Courting The Deep State? Trump’s Sudden Tough Talk On Moscow By Uriel Araujo President Trump’s shift to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine by a NATO arms deal signals a “tougher” stance on Moscow. This move, driven by domestic pressures and “Deep… Read More ›
From Bombs To Benefits: Laos And Russia’s Military-Political Trade-Off By Andrew Korybko Laos would bolster its geopolitical balancing act while Russia could experiment with a new military-political partnership model that it might then fine-tune for its other Global South partners. Ukraine’s… Read More ›
The US-Pakistan Rapprochement Could Have Far-Reaching Geostrategic Consequences By Andrew Korybko India’s, Russia’s, and possibly even China’s interests could be adversely affected. It was assessed in January that “The Pakistani Regime Destroyed Their Country & Betrayed Its National Interests For Nothing”,… Read More ›
It’s A Smart Move For Russia To Strike Ukrainian Draft Centres By Andrew Korybko This could raise the chances for a breakthrough somewhere along the front, help to decisively shift domestic public opinion against the conflict, and thus make it easier… Read More ›
Nawrocki’s Election Pushed Tusk To Play Hardball With Poland’s Neighbours On Illegal Immigration By Andrew Korybko What’s most important to him personally is retaining power by preventing the collapse of his government, but if that’s unavoidable, then he at the very… Read More ›
Creative Ethiopian Diplomacy Might Deter An Egyptian-Backed Eritrean-TPLF Offensive By Andrew Korybko Economic-diplomatic initiatives with the UAE and Saudi Arabia could pair with a proposed Congolese-like economic-security deal with the US to get Egypt’s three patrons to stop it before it’s… Read More ›
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