Kazakhstan’s Ambitious Regionalization Vision Presents Obstacles And Opportunities For Russia By Andrew Korybko Trilateral Russian-Iranian-Indian cooperation could gently balance Turkiye’s rapidly expanding influence in Central Asia. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev shared an ambitious regionalization vision in his de facto manifesto earlier… Read More ›
Fake News Alert: Iran Isn’t Plotting To Strike Azerbaijan By Andrew Korybko Iran knows that NATO-member Turkiye is Azerbaijan’s mutual defence ally so a wider war could easily follow if Iran strikes Azerbaijan out of the misguided desire to de-escalate tensions… Read More ›
Erdogan Persuaded The Pope To Condemn The Olympics Opening Ceremony By Uriel Araujo The recent Pope-Erdogan episode demonstrates the decline of the US-led West’s moral authority, especially from the point of view of the Global South, the Islamic World, and Christians… Read More ›
Israel Demands Turkiye Be Expelled From NATO After Erdogan Threatens To Invade The Jewish State By Uriel Araujo In a rather surprising development, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz is demanding that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expel Turkiye over President… Read More ›
Russia And Turkiye Swiftly Cooperated To Catch The Suspect In The Latest Car Bomb Attack In Moscow By Andrew Korybko For as regrettable as it is that this car bomb attack happened, the silver lining is that the suspect was swiftly… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Mediation Between Ethiopia And Somalia Is Well-Intentioned But Will Likely Be Fruitless By Andrew Korybko The Somaliland issue has turned into a zero-sum dilemma with existential consequences for Ethiopia and Somalia. Turkiye mediated talks in Ankara between the Ethiopian and… Read More ›
Armenia Will Expose Itself To Serious Risks If It Goes Through With Leaving The CSTO By Andrew Korybko Azerbaijan and/or Turkiye might decide to forcibly “demilitarize” Armenia once Russia no longer has any CSTO mutual defence commitments to it in order… Read More ›
What Are Turkish Syrian-Sourced Mercenaries Doing In Niger? By Andrew Korybko Objectively speaking, Niger seems interested in broadening its number of non-Western security partners, which is being done in this case by allowing its Turkish partner’s Syrian-sourced mercenaries to protect their… Read More ›
Puntland’s Withdrawal From Somalia’s Federal System Creates A Dilemma For Mogadishu And Ankara By Andrew Korybko Mogadishu is pressured to react in a way that exerts the federal government’s writ over Puntland such as requesting its allies in Ankara to patrol… Read More ›
Egypt Is The Most To Be Blamed In The Islamic World For Failing To Stop Israel’s Killing Of The Palestinians By Andrew Korybko The fact of the matter is that Egypt’s position towards this conflict was pivotal in determining its dynamics… Read More ›
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