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 ›
South Caucasus
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 ›
Armenia’s Western Turn And the Domestic Upheaval It Could Trigger
Armenia’s Western Turn And the Domestic Upheaval It Could Trigger By Andrew Korybko Armenia might have to accept the return of the ~200,000 Azeris who fled during the chaotic Soviet collapse (and the descendants), grant them equal language rights, teach in… Read More ›
Vance’s South Caucasus Trip Tightens The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia
Vance’s South Caucasus Trip Tightens The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia By Andrew Korybko The timing amidst continued US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine suggests that the US expects this ramped-up pressure to raise the chances of coercing concessions from Russia…. Read More ›
Turkish Curriculum’s Renaming Of Central Asia To Turkistan Is Turkiye’s Latest Soft Power Flex
Turkish Curriculum’s Renaming Of Central Asia To Turkistan Is Turkiye’s Latest Soft Power Flex By Andrew Korybko Russia should brace itself for the turbocharging of Turkish-led comprehensive integration processes along its southern front and the serious implications that this could have… Read More ›
What’s Really Behind The US’ Ambitious Tech Plans For Armenia?
What’s Really Behind The US’ Ambitious Tech Plans For Armenia? By Andrew Korybko The planned AI data centre is meant to solidify the US’ new sphere of influence by leading the region into the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”, weaponize local data to… Read More ›
How Can The US Manage Turkish-Russian Tensions In The South Caucasus And Central Asia?
How Can The US Manage Turkish-Russian Tensions In The South Caucasus and Central Asia? By Andrew Korybko The essence of these five policy proposals is to preemptively avert another NATO-Russian security dilemma and the rise of associated threats along Russia’s frontiers… Read More ›
What Could The Contours Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact Look Like?
What Could The Contours Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact Look Like? By Andrew Korybko Awareness of the threats that NATO poses along these three fronts and the division of labour between the top five states therein – Finland, Sweden, Poland, Romania,… Read More ›
The US’ Latest Energy Power Play Could Worsen Russian-Turkish Tensions
The US’ Latest Energy Power Play Could Worsen Russian-Turkish Tensions By Andrew Korybko Russia wouldn’t just lose tens of billions of dollars’ worth of yearly revenue if the US’ plans succeed, but tensions with Turkiye might become unmanageable if the complex… Read More ›
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