Assessing Russian Hardliners’ Reportedly Envisaged Endgame In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko While there might indeed be some Russian hardliners who think that peace talks should just be a ruse for buying time to make more military gains, such attitudes don’t reflect… Read More ›
Will Putin Agree To A Ceasefire? By Andrew Korybko There are five compelling arguments for either scenario. Ukraine just agreed to a month-long ceasefire after talks with the US in Jeddah, but it’s conditional on Russia agreeing to the same, which remains uncertain…. Read More ›
Putin Might Broker An Iranian-US “New Détente” As A Reciprocal Favour To Trump By Andrew Korybko If an Iranian-US “New Détente” follows the nascent Russian-US one, brokered as it might be by Putin as a reciprocal favour to Trump for everything… Read More ›
Putin’s Praise Of Trump’s Approach To Peace Talks Sends A Message To All Of Russia’s Supporters By Andrew Korybko The mission that Putin just tasked the FSB with deserves more attention due to what it signifies. Some of Russia’s supporters at… Read More ›
Russia And The US’ Diplomatic Choreography At The UN Shows Their Commitment To A “New Détente” By Andrew Korybko Any claims of Russia “backstabbing” or “selling out” China are absurd and driven by a desire to sow discord. The “New Détente”, which… Read More ›
Here’s What Comes Next After Putin And Trump Just Agreed To Start Peace Talks By Andrew Korybko The path ahead will be very difficult due to the sensitive issues that Russia and the US must resolve. 12 February 2025 will go… Read More ›
Putin’s Opposition To Blaming Today’s Germans For Their Ancestors’ Crimes Is Pragmatic By Andrew Korybko Nothing that he ever says is by chance or due to him losing control of his emotions. Putin surprised some observers by recently expressing his opposition… Read More ›
Time Magazine Is Wrong: Putin’s Nuke Threats Made The US Give Up On Restoring Ukraine’s Borders By Andrew Korybko History is being rewritten as a former senior official from the Biden Administration counterfactually claims that the US never wanted to restore… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Territorial Concessions Might Precede A Ceasefire That Leads To New Ukrainian Elections By Andrew Korybko The path to peace will predictably be paved by a ceasefire, which will itself likely require some territorial concessions on Ukraine’s part in order for… Read More ›
Three Arguments Tearing Apart Robert Kagan’s Claims About Trump, Ukraine, And Putin By Andrew Korybko The exact opposite of what Kagan posited is true: Russia can’t militarily control Ukraine indefinitely; a Russian-American brinksmanship scenario is terrifyingly realistic; and Putin is indeed… Read More ›
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