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 ›
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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 ›
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 ›
The Oreshnik Gambit: Russia’s Hypersonic Answer To US Missiles in Germany
The Oreshnik Gambit: Russia’s Hypersonic Answer To US Missiles in Germany By Andrew Korybko The redeployment of its hypersonic Oreshniks to Kaliningrad, Belarus, and/or Crimea is the most likely response so long as the US continues to informally comply with the… 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 ›
A Senior Russian Expert Outlines Moscow’s Assessment Of India’s Pro‑US Shift
A Senior Russian Expert Outlines Moscow’s Assessment Of India’s Pro‑US Shift By Andrew Korybko His last words imply that Russia’s response to its potential loss of billions of dollars a year in energy and maybe also military-technical exports to India, which… Read More ›
Kazakhstan’s President Is Bending Over Backwards To Appease Trump – Here’s Why It Matters
Kazakhstan’s President Is Bending Over Backwards To Appease Trump – Here’s Why It Matters By Andrew Korybko He’s doing a series of favours for Trump so that he’d have his back if trouble ever arises with Russia, which is an increasingly… Read More ›
Why You Shouldn’t Read Too Deeply Into the Iranian‑Russian‑Chinese Naval Drills
Why You Shouldn’t Read Too Deeply Into the Iranian‑Russian‑Chinese Naval Drills By Andrew Korybko They aren’t meant to deter the US and Israel like some Alt-Media observers believe. Iran, Russia, and China are carrying out the latest round of their annual joint… Read More ›
Russia’s BRICS Sherpa Debunks Speculation About The Bloc Turning Into A Security Alliance
Russia’s BRICS Sherpa Debunks Speculation About The Bloc Turning Into A Security Alliance By Andrew Korybko The timing comes amidst continued dialogue with the US and its role in mediating between Russia and Ukraine, which could abruptly end if temperamental Trump’s… Read More ›