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 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 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? 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? 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? 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 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 ›
The West Is Posing New Challenges To Russia Along Its Entire Southern Periphery By Andrew Korybko The question arises of why Russia’s regional partners are going along with this in the first place. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned last week that “NATO… Read More ›
The “Trump Bridge” Could Lead To Russia’s Expulsion From The South Caucasus By Andrew Korybko Armenia might formally withdraw from the CSTO and then replace Russian troops with American PMCs. US Ambassador to Turkiye Tom Barrack proposed in mid-July that his country lease… Read More ›
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 ›
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