Why Did Erdogan Decide To Expand Turkiye’s Sphere Of Influence Eastwards? By Andrew Korybko Assad’s downfall set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that now threatens Russian influence in the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, and Central Asia; i.e. its… Read More ›
Serbia’s Latest Smooth-Talking Towards Russia Is Politically Self-Serving By Andrew Korybko It remains to be seen whether Serbia will keep its word and no longer indirectly arm Ukraine. Serbia surprised some observers after its President and Prime Minister assured Russia that it’ll no longer indirectly… Read More ›
The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay By Andrew Korybko Turkiye sees an opportunity to turbocharge its rise as a Eurasian Great Power along Russia’s entire southern periphery in ways that autonomously align with American… Read More ›
Why Couldn’t The SCO Defence Ministers Agree On A Joint Statement? By Andrew Korybko India refused to sign the document since it didn’t condemn late April’s Pahalgam terrorist attack. India found itself at odds with the SCO once again less than… Read More ›
The Outcome Of Armenia’s Latest Round Of Unrest Will Be Pivotal For The Region’s Future By Andrew Korybko If Armenia becomes a joint Azeri-Turkish protectorate like Pashinyan’s opponents fear that he agreed to, then Turkiye could become a force to be… Read More ›
The Future Of Strategic Arms Control Is Dim Due To The Ukrainian Conflict And The Golden Dome By Andrew Korybko There’ll likely be a much greater potential for future conflict, including between Great Powers by proxy. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey… Read More ›
Continued Russian-US Talks Prove That Putin Doesn’t Think That Trump Duped Iran With Diplomacy By Andrew Korybko Sceptics might speculate that he’s playing “5D chess” as part of some “master plan” to “psyche out” the US but that doesn’t make much… Read More ›
Is NATO Sidelining Turkiye? “Turkish Question” Risks Weakening Atlantic Alliance’s South-eastern Flank By Uriel Araujo Erdogan demands unconditional NATO defence trade access and bids to host the 2026 summit. Amid ever persistent tensions over Turkiye’s S-400 purchase and exclusion from F-35… Read More ›
Only Political Engineering Can Restore Russian Language Rights In Ukraine Like Lavrov Wants By Andrew Korybko Only the US is capable of pulling this off since Russia lacks influence over Ukraine’s political processes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pledged in early June on… Read More ›
Trump’s Disbanding Of A Secret “Deep State” Working Group Raises Hopes Of Peace With Russia By Andrew Korybko Its inter-agency members sought to sabotage the Russian-US rapprochement. Reuters reported in mid-June that the Trump Administration had recently disbanded a secret inter-agency working… Read More ›
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