The West Is Encircling Russia In The South Caucasus And Central Asia By Andrew Korybko Timofei Bordachev insists that “a new Great Game is not in sight”, mostly because the West supposedly has no such intentions to compete with Russia along… Read More ›
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Why The South Caucasus Is No Safe Corridor To Bypass Russia
Under Iran War’s Shadow: Why The South Caucasus Is No Safe Corridor To Bypass Russia By Uriel Araujo Europe’s push to turn the South Caucasus into a strategic corridor gains urgency amid tensions with Iran and Europe’s attempt to bypass Russia…. Read More ›
Why Donbass’ Final Status Remains The Last Hurdle In The Peace Plan
Why Donbass’ Final Status Remains The Last Hurdle In The Peace Plan By Andrew Korybko Provided that Zelensky and Ukrainskaya Pravda right before him are telling the truth, then it looks like the most meaningful elements of a Russian-Ukrainian peace deal… Read More ›
TRIPP Alone Should Change Russia’s Southern “Near Abroad” Strategy
TRIPP Alone Should Change Russia’s Southern “Near Abroad” Strategy By Andrew Korybko He’s one of Russia’s top experts, yet his latest Valdai report on this subject didn’t even make passive mention of Trump 2.0’s flagship megaproject that’s expected to expand Western… Read More ›
Azerbaijan’s “Multi-Vector Alignment” Poses A Serious Challenge To Russia
Azerbaijan’s “Multi-Vector Alignment” Poses A Serious Challenge To Russia By Andrew Korybko The “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” is poised to become a military-logistics corridor for expanding NATO influence along Russia’s southern periphery and could thus force Putin into… Read More ›
Here’s How Karabakh Became The Catalyst Of Russia’s Southern Peripheral Setbacks
Here’s How Karabakh Became The Catalyst Of Russia’s Southern Peripheral Setbacks By Andrew Korybko The previously unresolved Karabakh Conflict might in retrospect be seen as a several-decades-delayed grand strategic game-changer that revolutionized regional geopolitics. Vance’s recent trip to the South Caucasus, which… Read More ›
Russia Faces Five Geostrategic Challenges As The Special Operation Enters Its Fifth Year
Russia Faces Five Geostrategic Challenges As The Special Operation Enters Its Fifth Year By Andrew Korybko As it’s always done, Russia is expected to ensure its sovereignty, security, and thus its survival through the creative interplay between its political, military, intelligence,… Read More ›
Kazakhstan’s President Is Bending Over Backwards To Appease Trump – Here’s Why It Matters
Kazakhstan’s President Is Bending Over Backwards To Appease Trump – Here’s Why It Matters By Andrew Korybko He’s doing a series of favours for Trump so that he’d have his back if trouble ever arises with Russia, which is an increasingly… Read More ›
Aliyev At Munich: Azerbaijan’s Emerging Place In The New Eurasian Geopolitics
Aliyev At Munich: Azerbaijan’s Emerging Place In The New Eurasian Geopolitics By Andrew Korybko Azerbaijan’s pivotal role in TRIPP, which is the new means through which the US aims to encircle Russia along its entire southern periphery, is why it’s important… Read More ›
How The US-Azerbaijan Partnership Threatens Russia’s Southern Flank
How The US-Azerbaijan Partnership Threatens Russia’s Southern Flank By Andrew Korybko On the pretext of securing critical mineral and energy supply chains from Central Asia via the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity”, Azerbaijan is poised to become the launchpad… Read More ›