Lukashenko’s Belarus-Russia-US Fertilizer Proposal Could Help Thaw The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko It could set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that meaningfully de-escalates New Cold War tensions provided that Trump agrees to participate in this project as… Read More ›
The EU’s Middle Corridor Plans Could Tighten The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia By Andrew Korybko Even if there’s ever a Russian-US rapprochement, Russia would still have to confront creeping European-Turkish military-strategic influence along its entire southern periphery, thus perpetuating New… Read More ›
More Western Pressure On Russia Could Push The World Toward Bi-Multipolarity By Andrew Korybko The forever war that would be expected to follow more Western pressure on Russia could make Russia more dependent on China and the EU more dependent on… Read More ›
Is The United Kingdom Heading For Breakup? Celtic Leaders Unite As Trump Fuels The Irish Question By Uriel Araujo For the first time, the First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are jointly pushing for the end of the United… Read More ›
Who Has More To Gain From Escalation: NATO Or Russia? By Andrew Korybko The question of which side would expect to gain more from a serious escalation can be answered by understanding exactly what it is that each wants from the… Read More ›
Putin Threatens Tit-For-Tat Ship Seizures To End The West’s “Shadow Fleet” Crackdown By Andrew Korybko This is the second time this summer that he’s “escalating to de-escalate” in a bid to restore deterrence. The West’s spree of “shadow fleet” seizures might… Read More ›
Ukraine Is The West’s Top Proxy For Fighting Russia In Africa By Andrew Korybko They’re duking it out in Mali, Libya, and Sudan right now. Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko drew renewed attention to last summer’s claims that Ukraine is responsible for… Read More ›
“Islamic NATO” Emerges As Saudi Arabia, Turkey And Pakistan Forge A New Security Axis By Uriel Araujo The Mecca agreement creates a new trilateral security framework amid the war involving Iran and growing regional instability. Its members span NATO, the Gulf… Read More ›
What’s Behind Putin’s Decision To Mildly “Escalate To De-Escalate” With Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko He seemingly realized that the West sought to systematically deindustrialize and demilitarize Russia through Ukraine’s new drone campaign and consequently concluded that it’s an existential threat. It… Read More ›
France Is Leading The West’s “War of Attrition” Against Russia By Andrew Korybko Its leadership apparently calculated that the associated risks are worth becoming the US’ top ally in “NATO 3.0”, but its competition with Germany and the UK for this… Read More ›