Why Russia Launched The Sovintern By Andrew Korybko If Russia didn’t foster cooperation among international leftist forces that are acceptable to it, then it would cede influence over the left as a whole to the US, which would then exploit this… Read More ›
A New Iron Curtain Is Inevitable By Andrew Korybko Russia’s consequent focus on the western front might embolden US-backed NATO member Turkiye to accelerate its power play in the south at the risk of sparking another regional crisis after Ukraine. Russian… Read More ›
Five Ways Pashinyan Undermined Russia’s Position In The South Caucasus By Andrew Korybko Pashinyan is by far the most anti-Russian leader to emerge from the former Soviet Union behind Zelensky and Saakashvili. Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu recently confirmed that… Read More ›
US Bets On Uzbekistan To Counter China In Central Asia By Uriel Araujo The US appears increasingly interested in Uzbekistan as part of a broader attempt to counter Chinese influence in Eurasia. The move reflects broader US efforts to challenge Chinese… Read More ›
Why Russia Created A New Day Honouring Soviet Victims Of Nazi Genocide By Andrew Korybko That was the primary reason why it was established, though it also serves political purposes, but these are in response to the West’s “war on historical… Read More ›
Russia Is Finally Fighting Fire With Fire In Its War With Poland Over Historical Memory By Andrew Korybko The “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” exhibition that the Russian Military-Historical Society set up outside the entrance to the Katyn cemetery during the… Read More ›
Political Calculations Best Explain Poland’s Russian Reparations Claim By Andrew Korybko History is once again being used to push political agendas regardless of one’s opinion on this issue. The Financial Times (FT) reported in mid-February that Poland is preparing a reparations claim against… Read More ›
Was It Strategically Wise For Zakharova To Suggest Poland Owes Its Revival To Lenin? By Andrew Korybko If Russia wants to improve people-to-people ties, which could help manage state-to-state tensions, then it would be a good idea for officials to take… Read More ›
The Latest Estonian-Russian “Border Scare” Is An Example Of “Reflexive Control” By Andrew Korybko Russia creatively employed “reflexive control” to troll Estonia by placing its officials in a zero-sum dilemma whereby whichever response they’d resort to would advance Russia’s soft power… Read More ›
The 80th D-Day Anniversary Combines Historical Revisionism With A Proxy War Powwow By Andrew Korybko Zelensky’s attendance has more of a practical meaning than just reinforcing historically revisionist narratives about World War II since his discussions with the American, British, French,… Read More ›
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