Why Was Zelensky Overly Defensive In His Latest Interview With The Economist? By Andrew Korybko The analysis argues that his new attitude is because some Western officials are likely already holding unofficial talks with Russia. Zelensky’s characteristic cockiness was conspicuously absent… Read More ›
The Reported Russian-North Korean Military Deal Is All About Geostrategic Balancing By Andrew Korybko Russia and North Korea’s complementary balancing acts at the global and national levels vis-a-vis China coupled with China’s reluctance to burn all bridges with the West as… Read More ›
Vietnam Can’t Be Faulted For Comprehensively Expanding Strategic Ties With The US By Andrew Korybko All that Vietnam is trying to do is strike the best balance of interests possible whereby it maximally benefits from all parties without harming any of… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia Is Reaping The Geo-Economic Fruits Of Sino-US Competition By Andrew Korybko Through these three major developments over the past year that all directly arose from Vision 2030, MBS was able to do the seemingly impossible by reaping the geo-economic… Read More ›
IMEC Doesn’t Just Compete With CPEC But Arguably Surpasses It In All Respects By Andrew Korybko These neighbouring countries’ fates couldn’t be more different: Pakistan is descending into instability, abject poverty, and isolation while India is rising as a beacon of… Read More ›
The US Would Be Delighted If Iran Was Dragged Into Any New Conflict Over Karabakh By Andrew Korybko It’s in the US’ interests to drag Iran into a protracted 1980s-like war with Turkiye that would bleed both dry while dividing the… Read More ›
WaPo Reported That Ukrainians Are Distrustful Of The West And Flirting With A Ceasefire By Andrew Korybko The takeaway is that a theoretical Russian breakthrough along the front lines, perhaps in Kharkov Region where its armed forces have gradually made progress… Read More ›
Armenia’s Three Latest Anti-Russian Provocations Risk Sparking Another Karabakh Conflict By Andrew Korybko Pashinyan is dangerously gambling that Russia will either swoop in to protect Armenia despite all of his provocations against it or NATO will deter his neighbours from attacking,… Read More ›
Kiev’s Military Shake-Up Suggests That Peace Will Remain A Distant Prospect By Andrew Korybko There are two ways to interpret Zelensky’s decision to fire his Defence Minister: he’s either making a superficial change ahead of likely running for re-election sometime next… Read More ›
The Arrest Of Igor Kolomoysky Consolidates US Influence Over Zelensky Ahead Of Likely Elections By Andrew Korybko In an ironic twist of fate, this oligarch went from pulling the Ukrainian leader’s strings to having his life ruined by the same man… Read More ›
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