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 ›
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Turkiye’s Maritime Security Pledge To Ukraine Threatens Russia’s Black Sea Interests
Turkiye’s Maritime Security Pledge To Ukraine Threatens Russia’s Black Sea Interests By Andrew Korybko Its newfound commitment to ensuring Ukraine’s maritime security poses a serious threat to Russia. Turkish Foreign Minister and former spy chief Hakan Fidan confirmed during a joint… Read More ›
How Long Will The “Full Normalization” Of Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Last?
How Long Will The “Full Normalization” Of Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Last? By Andrew Korybko It’s a step in the right direction, but TRIPP’s unstated dual purpose of a NATO military logistics corridor that’ll ultimately stretch across Russia’s entire southern periphery must be… Read More ›
Will Trump Choose Turkey Over Israel? NATO’s “Turkish Question” Comes To A Head
Will Trump Choose Turkey Over Israel? NATO’s “Turkish Question” Comes To A Head By Uriel Araujo As Trump embraces Turkey’s Erdogan and opens the door to F-35 sales, Israel increasingly fears isolation. Long-simmering tensions within NATO are now exploding into view,… 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 ›
The Spain-UK Gibraltar Deal Exposes The West’s Deepening Internal Fractures
The Spain-UK Gibraltar Deal Exposes The West’s Deepening Internal Fractures By Uriel Araujo Spain’s landmark post-Brexit agreement with the UK over Gibraltar goes far beyond border management. The deal illustrates how Brexit has reshaped European geopolitics, while broader disputes, from the… Read More ›
Close Ties With Kazakhstan Are Indispensable For The Future Of Russia’s Sovereignty
Close Ties With Kazakhstan Are Indispensable For The Future Of Russia’s Sovereignty By Andrew Korybko If the NATO-OTS duo divides-and-rules them, then another special operation and possible NATO-Russian proxy war might be inevitable, which would be to their detriment while that… Read More ›
The US Doesn’t Need Tomahawks In Germany To Keep Tightening The Noose Around Russia
The US Doesn’t Need Tomahawks In Germany To Keep Tightening The Noose Around Russia By Andrew Korybko Such a move wouldn’t substantively alleviate the newfound pressure upon Russia brought about by the tightening of the containment noose around it in the… Read More ›
Slovakia’s And Hungary’s De-Russified Gas Industries Will Be Dominated By The US And Azerbaijan
Slovakia’s And Hungary’s De-Russified Gas Industries Will Be Dominated By The US And Azerbaijan By Andrew Korybko Poland and Turkiye will expand their influence in Central & Eastern Europe via these pipelines. Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Tomas Taraba declared during a visit to… Read More ›
A New Iron Curtain Is Inevitable
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 ›