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 ›
Russia-Ukraine: The Ball’s In Trump’s Court After The Latest Istanbul Talks By Andrew Korybko The mixed signals that he sent on Friday suggest that he hasn’t made up his mind about what to do. The first bilateral Russian-Ukrainian talks in over… Read More ›
Navigating The Aegean: Greek-Turkish Rivalry And NATO’s Growing Fractures By Uriel Araujo Ongoing Greece-Turkiye disputes over Aegean and Mediterranean claims expose NATO’s internal divisions, as Turkiye’s aggressive “Blue Homeland” doctrine and neo-Ottoman ambitions clash with Greece’s defensive militarization, undermining the alliance’s… Read More ›
The Trans-Caspian Corridor: A Geopolitical Gamble In The Shadow Of NATO By Uriel Araujo The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor) emerges as a vital trade link between Europe and Asia, backed by a €12 billion EU investment and praised by… Read More ›
CSTO Under Siege: How the West and Turkiye are Rewriting Eurasia’s Security Map By Uriel Araujo Turkiye and the West are exploiting Armenia’s frustrations with the CSTO to promote the concept of a “Turan Army,” aiming to bring NATO closer to… 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 ›
Turkiye’s Black Sea Power Play: Will Erdogan’s Naval Ambitions Spark Clash With Russia? By Uriel Araujo Turkiye’s growing naval presence in the Black Sea, leveraging the Montreux Convention to limit Russia’s fleet while expanding operations in strategic areas, signals Erdogan’s ambition… 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 ›
Analysing Ukraine’s Attempted Drone Strike On TurkStream’s Russian Infrastructure By Andrew Korybko Here are five observations about Kiev’s latest provocation in terms of the bigger picture. Russia accused Ukraine of attempting a drone strike against one of TurkStream’s gas compressor stations, which… Read More ›
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