Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Against The “Russian Amazon” Is Driven By Political Motives By Andrew Korybko The goal is to create a growing class of malcontents by inflicting major harm to small business owners who might then shift the electoral odds against… Read More ›
The West
Russia And Iran Can Use Carrots And Sticks To Get Azerbaijan To Demilitarize TRIPP
Russia And Iran Can Use Carrots And Sticks To Get Azerbaijan To Demilitarize TRIPP By Andrew Korybko President Ilham Aliyev is a rational leader who might conclude that it’s better to cut mutually beneficial deals with Russia and Iran for resolving… Read More ›
Finland Is Much More Likely To Host French Nukes Than American Ones
Finland Is Much More Likely To Host French Nukes Than American Ones By Andrew Korybko The US is scaling back its direct military commitment to the continent, the only possible exception being the permanent deployment of troops to Poland and its… Read More ›
Western Officials Should Listen When Trenin Of All People Warns Of Russian Escalation
Western Officials Should Listen When Trenin Of All People Warns Of Russian Escalation By Andrew Korybko He’s not a hawk in the least and actually used to be one of his country’s most well-known Western-friendly experts before the special operation led… Read More ›
Lvov’s Spontaneous Anti-Conscription Riot Poses A Serious Problem For Zelensky
Lvov’s Spontaneous Anti-Conscription Riot Poses A Serious Problem For Zelensky By Andrew Korybko Ukrainian nationalists are still adamantly opposed to the scenario of ceding Donbass to Russia, but the problem is that they themselves don’t want to fight to retain it,… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Planned Drone Plants In The Baltics Are Part Of A Plot To Outflank Poland
Ukraine’s Planned Drone Plants In The Baltics Are Part Of A Plot To Outflank Poland By Andrew Korybko If Poland “loses” the Baltic States to Ukraine, then it’ll slip into geostrategic irrelevancy after the conflict ends, especially since the US would… Read More ›
Poland And Turkiye Are Teaming Up To Tighten NATO’s Containment Noose Around Russia
Poland And Turkiye Are Teaming Up To Tighten NATO’s Containment Noose Around Russia By Andrew Korybko Closer economic and military synergy between them in Central & Eastern Europe from the Baltic to the Black Seas would pose new challenges for Russia… Read More ›
Russia’s “Systematic Strikes” Are Reshaping The Ukrainian Conflict’s Strategic Dynamics
Russia’s “Systematic Strikes” Are Reshaping The Ukrainian Conflict’s Strategic Dynamics By Andrew Korybko Ukraine’s dearth of air defences created a strategic opportunity for Russia to ruthlessly exploit. Russia’s latest large-scale strikes against military targets in Ukraine were incredibly successful after Ukrainian Air… Read More ›
Putin Rejected Ukraine’s Two Interconnected Ceasefire Requests With Good Reason
Putin Rejected Ukraine’s Two Interconnected Ceasefire Requests With Good Reason By Andrew Korybko Russia’s long-range strikes are far more destructive than Ukraine’s so ceasing them would grant Kiev a reprieve, just like limiting combat operations to the four disputed territories along… Read More ›
The Ukrainian Conflict Is Back In Focus As Russian Troops Steadily Advance
The Ukrainian Conflict Is Back In Focus As Russian Troops Steadily Advance By Uriel Araujo Russia’s operational advantages still outweigh Kiev’s high-profile drone campaign despite billions in new European support. While the spotlight remains on Iran and the Middle East, the proxy Western… Read More ›