Russia-Africa Summit Challenges US Influence as Africa Embraces Multipolarity By Uriel Araujo A landmark Russia-Africa cooperation agreement highlights Moscow’s growing diplomatic reach and the intensifying rivalry with Washington. African states are leveraging this competition to pursue greater autonomy in a multipolar… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Trump Is Now More Determined Than Ever to Cut a Grand Deal With Putin By Andrew Korybko Putin is more serious than ever about this too for absolutely different reasons. The surprise Russian-US diesel deal in early October… Read More ›
The Russian-US Diesel Deal Advances Trump 2.0’s “Strategy Of Denial” Against China By Andrew Korybko Since China declined to radically accelerate multipolarity by defying the US’ sanctions against Russia and cutting Ukraine off from drone-related sales, it’s poetic justice for Russia… Read More ›
Is Russia Really Plotting To Test NATO’s Resolve? By Andrew Korybko It’s actually NATO that might soon test Russia’s resolve. Politico cited unnamed officials to report that CIA chief John Ratcliffe’s unannounced trip to Russia was primarily meant to warn it against… Read More ›
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 ›