Putin Threatens Tit-For-Tat Ship Seizures To End The West’s “Shadow Fleet” Crackdown By Andrew Korybko This is the second time this summer that he’s “escalating to de-escalate” in a bid to restore deterrence. The West’s spree of “shadow fleet” seizures might… Read More ›
Stop the Madness: Putin Did Not Kill Lindsey Graham By Andrew Korybko Social media brainrot and the competition for clicks have resulted in a race to the bottom whereby most influencers on all sides try to appeal to the lowest common… Read More ›
Western Officials Should Listen When Trenin Of All People Warns Of Russian Escalation By Andrew Korybko He’s not a hawk in the least and actually used to be one of his country’s most well-known Western-friendly experts before the special operation led… Read More ›
Lvov’s Spontaneous Anti-Conscription Riot Poses A Serious Problem For Zelensky By Andrew Korybko Ukrainian nationalists are still adamantly opposed to the scenario of ceding Donbass to Russia, but the problem is that they themselves don’t want to fight to retain it,… Read More ›
Why Did Putin And Lavrov Send Such Pleasant Greetings On The US’ 250th Independence Day? By Andrew Korybko Words alone won’t get Trump to change course, but they’re known to have an effect on him depending on who they come from… Read More ›
Lavrov’s Realization That Anchorage Only Bought Time For Ukraine To Rearm Was Long Overdue By Andrew Korybko Russia can either decisively “escalate to de-escalate” in its own right to swiftly end the conflict on as many of its terms as possible,… Read More ›
Putin’s Defence Of Pakistan Was About More Than China By Andrew Korybko It was entirely factual but driven by diplomatic interests as regards their rapid rapprochement. Putin was asked in early June by an Indian journalist during his meeting with the… Read More ›
Putin Powerfully Rebuffed The Hawks Who Want Him To Attack NATO By Andrew Korybko In his words, talk about Russia attacking NATO “is not simply nonsense; it is a provocation.” Several top “Non-Russian Pro-Russians” (NRPR) influencers rang the alarm last month… Read More ›
What’s The Endgame Behind Russia’s “Systematic Strikes” On Kiev? By Andrew Korybko Putin is either “escalating to de-escalate” with the expectation that Trump will pressure Zelensky into complying with more of Russia’s terms for peace, namely withdrawing from Donbass at minimum,… Read More ›
The Strategic Calculations Influencing Trump’s And Putin’s Upcoming Meetings With Xi By Andrew Korybko A US deal with China without one with Russia would be to Russia’s disadvantage and vice versa, but no US deal with either of them might disadvantage… Read More ›