Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plans To Build An Iron Dome For America By Andrew Korybko This is a game-changer in the New Cold War since it’ll take the US’ rivalry with Russia and China to a qualitatively more dangerous level through… Read More ›
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Here Is Why Russian-Pakistani Defence Cooperation Will Likely Remain Limited
Here Is Why Russian-Pakistani Defence Cooperation Will Likely Remain Limited By Andrew Korybko The few extra bucks that Russia could make from any hypothetical sale of high-tech weapons systems to Pakistan wouldn’t come anywhere close to compensating for the way in… Read More ›
Poland Won’t Send Troops To Belarus Or Ukraine Without Trump’s Approval
Poland Won’t Send Troops To Belarus Or Ukraine Without Trump’s Approval By Andrew Korybko Trump is unlikely to extend Article 5 guarantees to Polish troops in Belarus and Ukraine, who’d be attacked by Russia the moment that they intervene, so Lukashenko’s… Read More ›
What Explains Russia’s Swift Policy Recalibration Towards The Latest Congolese Crisis?
What Explains Russia’s Swift Policy Recalibration Towards The Latest Congolese Crisis? By Andrew Korybko The latest Congolese Crisis has the potential to decisively shift the balance of power in the New Cold War depending on how it develops and what the… Read More ›
Mutual Interest In Resuming Arms Control Talks Can Speed Up The Ukrainian Peace Process
Mutual Interest In Resuming Arms Control Talks Can Speed Up The Ukrainian Peace Process By Andrew Korybko A new global arms race could follow the expiry of the New START in early 2026 if it’s not renewed or replaced. Kremlin spokesman… Read More ›
Analysing Russia’s Response To The Latest Congolese Crisis
Analysing Russia’s Response To The Latest Congolese Crisis By Andrew Korybko Russia’s draft military agreement with the Congo coupled with its close security cooperation with Rwanda in the Central African Republic are responsible for its impressively balanced position. Russia’s Permanent Representative… Read More ›
The Example That Trump Made Out Of Colombia Will Reverberate Across The World
The Example That Trump Made Out Of Colombia Will Reverberate Across The World By Andrew Korybko Trump is preparing for negotiations with Putin over Ukraine as well as with Xi over trade and likely also Taiwan, so he’d appear weak in… Read More ›
The 80th Anniversary Of Auschwitz’s Liberation Was Incomplete Without Russia
The 80th Anniversary Of Auschwitz’s Liberation Was Incomplete Without Russia By Andrew Korybko Western politicians can still hate Russia while their historians might continue to argue that the USSR’s goal in World War II was to eliminate the existential threat that… Read More ›
Lavrov Accused The Biden Admin Of Wanting To Return US Military Infrastructure To Afghanistan
Lavrov Accused The Biden Admin Of Wanting To Return US Military Infrastructure To Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko This should be seen only as a signal that Russia is aware of this plot, not as anything deeper such as it expecting Trump… Read More ›
Interpreting Russian FM Lavrov’s Latest Remarks About Pakistan
Interpreting Russian FM Lavrov’s Latest Remarks About Pakistan By Andrew Korybko They generated a lot of media attention in South Asia but there’s nothing new in what he said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was asked during a recent press conference about how… Read More ›
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