The IL-76 Shootdown By A US Patriot Missile Could Lead To Zaluzhny’s Replacement With Budanov By Andrew Korybko All things considered, blaming Zaluzhny – perhaps by claiming that he should have verified alleged intelligence about the IL-76’s cargo before shooting it… Read More ›
Why Did SVR Publish Its Prediction About An Impending Bureaucratic Reshuffle In Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Russia’s foreign spy agency wanted to throw Zelensky into a dilemma by publishing this prediction instead of keeping it classified since it’ll either discredit or… Read More ›
The “Baltic Defence Line” Is Meant To Accelerate The German-Led “Military Schengen” By Andrew Korybko Observers should pay very close attention to the forthcoming construction of physical infrastructure along the NATO-Russian border like the “Baltic Defence Line”, the relationship between “Steadfast… Read More ›
Why’s The New York Times Fearmongering About Indonesia’s Presidential Frontrunner? By Andrew Korybko It’s an information warfare provocation intended to manipulate voters’ perceptions of the frontrunner to the point that a run-off election is scheduled this summer, which could then give… Read More ›
Russia Won’t Resume Arms Control Talks With The US Till The Ukrainian Conflict Ends By Andrew Korybko The US wants to inspect some of the same strategic sites that Kiev previously bombed with American-supplied intelligence and munitions, which no self-respecting state… Read More ›
Why Did Saudi Arabia Clarify That It Hasn’t Yet Accepted BRICS Membership? By Andrew Korybko It can plausibly be hypothesized that Saudi Arabia’s unexpected decision to delay formal membership in BRICS is due to Western perceptions about this association, Iran’s involvement… Read More ›
Here’s How The Pakistani Establishment Benefits From The Latest Tensions With Iran By Andrew Korybko Observers might expect that the exacerbation of long-running Iranian-Pakistani tensions would be against Islamabad’s interests, just like they might think the same about closer Indian-Iranian relations… Read More ›
Worsening Iranian-Pakistani Tensions Could Threaten Eurasian Integration Processes By Andrew Korybko Unless there’s an all-out conventional war between Iran and Pakistan, which isn’t expected unless their newly exacerbated but long-running security dilemma spirals out of control into one by miscalculation (perhaps… Read More ›
The Optics And Timing Of Iran’s Strikes In Pakistan Are More Important Than The Military Impact By Andrew Korybko The impression that Iran regards Pakistan as a serious security threat on par with the Israeli spy base in Iraq and ISIS… Read More ›
Biden Won’t Be Removed For Corruption In Ukraine But New Allegations Can Still Have An Impact By Andrew Korybko The Republicans could make support for more Ukrainian aid conditional on a joint investigation into these claims and thus doom any deal… Read More ›
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