Zelensky Is Wrong: Russia Didn’t Start World War III In 2022; It Was The US In 1991! By Andrew Korybko He defines World War III as a country “want[ing] to impose on the world a different way of life and change… Read More ›
Ukraine
Telegram Has Reportedly Become A Pressing National Security Threat For Russia
Telegram Has Reportedly Become A Pressing National Security Threat For Russia By Andrew Korybko The authorities believe that Ukraine has quick access to Russian servicemen’s messages and exploits this for military purposes, which wouldn’t be possible without some degree of complicity… Read More ›
Putin’s Top Aide Patrushev Addressed The West’s Evolving Naval Threats To Russia
Putin’s Top Aide Patrushev Addressed The West’s Evolving Naval Threats To Russia By Andrew Korybko All in all, he has a solid understanding of their nature and how to most effectively respond to them, so observers shouldn’t worry about the West… Read More ›
The Hawk vs. The Pragmatist: Whose Advice Will Putin Follow?
The Hawk vs. The Pragmatist: Whose Advice Will Putin Follow? By Andrew Korybko He can either escalate as far as accidentally sparking World War III, compromise at the cost of leaving some of his stated objectives unfilled, or keep everything about… Read More ›
Russia’s Setbacks Abroad Aren’t Due To The Special Operation
Russia’s Setbacks Abroad Aren’t Due To The Special Operation: A Critique of the “Decline” Narrative By Andrew Korybko This popular narrative, which Foreign Affairs was one of the latest to push, is very misleading. Foreign Affairs, the official magazine of the… Read More ›
Why Ukraine And Its Western Patrons Seek To Blow Up Russia’s Black Sea Pipelines
Why Ukraine And Its Western Patrons Seek To Blow Up Russia’s Black Sea Pipelines By Andrew Korybko The purpose is to derail the peace talks by provoking Russia into either preemptively escalating against Ukraine as a deterrent or authorizing an overmatched… Read More ›
The Donbas Gambit: Why Britain And France Want Ukraine To Go Nuclear
The Donbas Gambit: Why Britain and France Want Ukraine To Go Nuclear By Andrew Korybko Russia’s control over it, whether through Ukraine’s withdrawal or forcible expulsion, is considered to be the basis of the US’ peace plan that the Brits and… Read More ›
Russia Faces Five Geostrategic Challenges As The Special Operation Enters Its Fifth Year
Russia Faces Five Geostrategic Challenges As The Special Operation Enters Its Fifth Year By Andrew Korybko As it’s always done, Russia is expected to ensure its sovereignty, security, and thus its survival through the creative interplay between its political, military, intelligence,… Read More ›
Lukashenko Is Learning The Hard Way That Trump Loves Humiliating His Vassals
Lukashenko Is Learning The Hard Way That Trump Loves Humiliating His Vassals By Andrew Korybko The US’ decision not to issue visas for the Belarusian delegation to the Board of Peace meeting was a “plausibly deniable” form of humiliation against them… Read More ›
Trump 2.0’s Grand Strategy Against China Is Slowly But Surely Coming Together
Trump 2.0’s Grand Strategy Against China Is Slowly But Surely Coming Together By Andrew Korybko This is the grand strategic context within which Russia’s talks with the US and Ukraine are taking place. Casual observers are convinced that Trump is a… Read More ›
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