Sharaa Envisages Russia Helping Him Build The “New Syria” By Andrew Korybko They’re embarking on a joint post-modern “nation-building mission” similar in spirit to the dozens that Russia’s Soviet predecessor was famous for across the Global South. Syrian President Ahmed “Jolani”… Read More ›
What’s The Future Of Russia’s Bases In Syria? By Andrew Korybko Lavrov suggested that they could facilitate the dispatch of aid to Africa, but it’s also possible that they might host complex military-diplomatic talks between all stakeholders in Syria while also… Read More ›
Is “Balkanization” Back In The Cards For Syria? By Andrew Korybko The situation remains very combustible and could easily explode at the slightest spark. Russia and the US rarely agree on much, but their top diplomats just sounded the alarm about… Read More ›
Can Israel And Turkiye Manage Their Escalating Rivalry In Syria? By Andrew Korybko The “deconfliction mechanism” that they’re reportedly discussing would likely be insufficient for resolving their security dilemma and might thus only delay what could be an inevitable clash. Israel… Read More ›
Russia Should Consider Accepting Syria’s Alawites As Refugees By Andrew Korybko Russia would remove what the interim Syrian authorities consider to be a “problem” from their hands, it could more quickly settle its new regions, and their ongoing base talks would… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From The Latest Sectarian Violence In Syria By Andrew Korybko The most likely scenario is that the Kristallnacht-like massacre of Alawites goes unpunished and the rebellion by some of the victims’ co-religionists is decisively defeated. Syria was rocked by sectarian… Read More ›
A Russian-US “New Détente” Would Revolutionize International Relations By Andrew Korybko Here’s the full interview that I gave to Newsweek’s Tom O’Connor, excerpts of which were included in his article about “What A Trump-Putin Détente Means for Russia and Iran’s Partnership”…. Read More ›
Why’s Israel Reportedly Lobbying The US To Keep Russia’s Bases In Syria? By Andrew Korybko Israel knows which way the wind is blowing and will therefore do whatever is needed to ensure that its interests are safeguarded by key players in… Read More ›
Post-Assad Syria Would Do Well To Retain Their Country’s Strategic Partnership With Russia By Andrew Korybko Just because a course of action is considered to be the most rational doesn’t mean that it’ll be pursued. Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra… Read More ›
The End Game And The New Cold War: Reviewing Lavrov’s Year-End Interview With TASS By Andrew Korybko The possible end of the Ukrainian Conflict sometime later this year and the political agreement that’ll accompany it will play the greatest roles in… Read More ›
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