The Coup In Niger Could Be A Game-Changer In The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko It’s too early to tell whether the Nigerien junta is multipolar like its neighbours or if it’ll be co-opted by the West to function as… Read More ›
Wagner
Is Wagner About To Go Rogue Again?
Is Wagner About To Go Rogue Again? By Andrew Korybko There are three interpretations of why Lukashenko just publicly shared his concerns with Putin about the possibility of Wagner invading Poland. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told his Russian counterpart during talks on Sunday… Read More ›
The Latest Polish-Belarusian Border Tensions Actually Advance Both Of Their Interests
The Latest Polish-Belarusian Border Tensions Actually Advance Both Of Their Interests By Andrew Korybko The interests of Belarus, Wagner, and Russia have already been served, which is why none of those three has any motivation to escalate the situation with Poland,… Read More ›
Fake News Alert: Wagner Isn’t Going To Invade The Suwalki Corridor From Belarus
Fake News Alert: Wagner Isn’t Going To Invade The Suwalki Corridor From Belarus By Andrew Korybko It’s worth paying much more attention to what Chairman of the Duma’s Defence Committee Andrey Kartapolov actually said than what the Daily Mail sensationally claimed… Read More ›
Wagner’s Rescue Of Chinese Miners In The Central African Republic Debunks Several False Claims
Wagner’s Rescue Of Chinese Miners In The Central African Republic Debunks Several False Claims By Andrew Korybko Not only does this latest development debunk the Daily Beast’s fake news a few months back alleging that this group slaughtered Chinese miners, but… Read More ›
There’s Nothing Conspiratorial About Putin Meeting With Wagner Leaders After The Failed Coup
There’s Nothing Conspiratorial About Putin Meeting With Wagner Leaders After The Failed Coup By Andrew Korybko Wagner plays much too important of a role in advancing Russia’s national security interests in the special operation and Africa for it to be disbanded… Read More ›
Lukashenko’s Suggestion To Learn From Wagner Doesn’t Mean That The Coup Was “Maskirovka”
Lukashenko’s Suggestion To Learn From Wagner Doesn’t Mean That The Coup Was “Maskirovka” By Andrew Korybko Just because President Putin averted the large-scale bloodshed that his country’s existential enemies wanted to see and then turned this crisis to the Union State’s… Read More ›
It’s Kiev’s GUR, Not Russia’s FSB, That’s Likely Plotting To Assassinate Prigozhin
It’s Kiev’s GUR, Not Russia’s FSB, That’s Likely Plotting To Assassinate Prigozhin By Andrew Korybko Neither this news item nor related ones from earlier this week were shared with the public for innocent reasons related to informing the Russian leader of… Read More ›
Prigozhin Was The West’s “Useful Idiot”
Prigozhin Was The West’s “Useful Idiot” By Andrew Korybko Had President Putin reacted differently to Prigozhin’s coup, then the Union State could have already dissolved by now in the event that NATO formally invaded Belarus while Russia was plunged into civil… Read More ›
Exiling Prigozhin And His Collaborators To Belarus Serves Russia’s Interests
Exiling Prigozhin And His Collaborators To Belarus Serves Russia’s Interests By Andrew Korybko This pragmatic de-escalation deal served more Russian interests than just nipping a potentially incipient civil war in the bud, however, though the following outcomes were of course improvised… Read More ›