Why Did President Putin Want To Swap Navalny? By Andrew Korybko While many “Non-Russian Pro-Russians” celebrated Navalny’s untimely death when it happened, in hindsight, it would have arguably been a lot better for Russia’s objective national interests had he lived and… Read More ›
The US Is Testing China’s Patience By Deploying Special Forces Just Six Miles From The Mainland By Andrew Korybko They’re functioning as tripwires for curtailing China’s freedom of military action in any forthcoming cross-strait crisis and directly involving the US if… Read More ›
Putin’s Talk Of Setting Up A “Security Zone” In Ukraine Hints At A Potential Compromise By Andrew Korybko If the military-strategic dynamics remain on track and the West is still led by “rational” leaders with an interest in preventing a nuclear… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Latest Raid Against Russia’s Belgorod Region Is Driven By Purely Political Motives By Andrew Korybko It represents a so-called “middle ground” between the scenarios of extreme escalation and extreme de-escalation that are nowadays being discussed. The Russian Ministry of Defence… Read More ›
Ukraine’s “Journalist” Provocations Set The Basis For Its Latest Anti-Polish Infowar Campaign By Andrew Korybko Ukraine is trying to smear Poland’s reputation in the eyes of its Western allies by falsely framing it as a Russian-infiltrated society whose government is so… Read More ›
The North-South Transport Corridor’s Black Sea Branch Could Help Scale Indo-European Trade By Andrew Korybko Russia isn’t pleased with being squeezed out of Armenia, but it might take some consolation knowing that this corridor could dissuade the West from exploiting Armenia… Read More ›
Ukraine Is Facing The Scenario Of Asymmetrical Partition By Andrew Korybko Asymmetrical partition between Ukraine’s western neighbours into “spheres of economic influence” alongside a de facto Korean-like partition between NATO and Russia is much more foreseeable than its western neighbours like… Read More ›
Romania Revealed The Legal Means Through Which NATO States Might Intervene In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko While it’s debatable whether Article 5 would extend to members’ troops in third countries like Ukraine, it would be a moot question in the scenario… Read More ›
Poland Might Be Seeking American Approval To Conventionally Intervene In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko So long as World War III doesn’t occur by miscalculation, then rump Ukraine would remain formally under its representatives’ political control regardless of whoever they may be… Read More ›
Why Has Russia Rejected China’s No-First-Use Nuclear Weapons Treaty Proposal? By Andrew Korybko Russia and China aren’t always on the same page about sensitive issues even though they respect one another’s positions and don’t question their intentions. The Russian Foreign Ministry… Read More ›
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