Nord Stream Is Back In The News As Part Of Grand Deal Between Russia And The West By Andrew Korybko What’s being tabled right now is pretty much what was proposed in a briefing from early January. The Financial Times (FT)… Read More ›
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Vance’s Munich Speech Vindicated Putin’s Summer 2022 Prediction About Political Change In Europe
Vance’s Munich Speech Vindicated Putin’s Summer 2022 Prediction About Political Change In Europe By Andrew Korybko The Russian leader was the first to talk about a European-wide populist-nationalist revolution and to foresee the emergence of civilization-states as the next phase of… Read More ›
Why Might Russia Repair Its Ties With The West And How Could This Reshape Its Foreign Policy?
Why Might Russia Repair Its Ties With The West And How Could This Reshape Its Foreign Policy? By Andrew Korybko To be clear, the explanations and forecasts shared in this analysis concern the scenario of a Russian rapprochement with the West… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia Has Good Reason To Dillydally On Formally Joining BRICS
Saudi Arabia Has Good Reason To Dillydally On Formally Joining BRICS By Andrew Korybko Making an official decision either way could disrupt the Kingdom’s careful multi-alignment between the West and the World Majority. Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Al-Ibrahim told the… Read More ›
The US’ 90-Day Suspension Of Foreign Aid Might Counterintuitively Bolster Its Influence
The US’ 90-Day Suspension Of Foreign Aid Might Counterintuitively Bolster Its Influence By Andrew Korybko American influence might rebound in the Global South since a large part of why many of these countries started turning away from the US since the… Read More ›
The Merits Of A Demilitarized “Trans-Dnieper” Region Controlled By Non-Western Peacekeepers
The Merits Of A Demilitarized “Trans-Dnieper” Region Controlled By Non-Western Peacekeepers By Andrew Korybko This proposal is the most realistic means for keeping the peace after an armistice. Bloomberg cited unnamed “people with knowledge of Kremlin thinking” to report that Russia will… Read More ›
Serbia’s Top General Hinted At Carrying Out A Pro-Western Military Pivot Under Sanctions Duress
Serbia’s Top General Hinted At Carrying Out A Pro-Western Military Pivot Under Sanctions Duress By Andrew Korybko This could easily lead to a more profound pivot that undoes decades of strategic ties with Russia in just a few years. Chief of… Read More ›
Zelensky Accuses The West Of Embezzling $88.5 Billion Sent To Ukraine
Zelensky Accuses The West Of Embezzling $88.5 Billion Sent To Ukraine By Uriel Araujo If Zelensky is trying to send a message for leverage, maybe out of desperation, it is easy to see how this could backfire quite badly for him…. Read More ›
The End Game And The New Cold War: Reviewing Lavrov’s Year-End Interview With TASS
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 ›
Avoiding Neo-Colonialism: Russia’s Strategy Against A Weaponized “Green Agenda”
Avoiding Neo-Colonialism: Russia’s Strategy Against A Weaponized “Green Agenda” By Andrew Korybko It envisages helping developing countries rebalance their relations with the West while avoiding the neo-colonial pitfalls for the ‘green agenda’ that’s being weaponized as a ploy to entrap them…. Read More ›