Tensions are growing between Turkiye-Pakistan and Israel-Cyprus-Greece. Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean can no longer be taken for granted as a result of three recent developments: 1) the growing Turkish-Israeli rivalry in post-Assad Syria; 2) Israel’s reported plans to establish a rapid response force with Cyprus and Greece; and 3) Turkish ally Pakistan’s new military […]
Author: Andrew KORYBKO
Russia’s Second-Ever Use Of The Oreshniks Was A Response To Three Recent Provocations
These are Ukraine’s attempted assassination of Putin right before New Year’s, France and the UK’s official plans to deploy troops to Ukraine if a ceasefire is agreed to, and the US’ seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker in the Atlantic. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on Friday morning that the Oreshniks were used […]
Three Takeaways From The US’ Seizure Of A Russian-Flagged Tanker In The Atlantic
The overarching trend is that the US is militarily reasserting its historical “sphere of influence” over the Americas, and enforcing the maritime component of “Fortress America” is so important for Trump 2.0 that it’s willing to rubbish the “rules-based order” over it and even risk an accidental war with Russia. […]
Reviewing The Russian UN Representative’s Response To The US’ Capture Of Maduro
His rhetoric aims to retain Russia’s regional influence and complicate the US’ plans there. Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia shared his country’s official response to the US’ capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. He condemned it as “a harbinger of a return to an era of lawlessness and US domination by force, chaos […]
Five Takeaways From The US’ “Special Military Operation” In Venezuela
It was astoundingly successful and will likely serve to coerce the rest of the hemisphere into strategically capitulating to the US. The US launched a half-hour-long “special military operation” in Venezuela on Saturday morning that culminated in Delta Force’s capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Several military sites were bombed, US helicopters flew […]
Israel’s Rivalry With Turkiye Played A Major Role In Its Recognition Of Somaliland
Israel obtains strategic depth in proximity to Turkiye’s Somali facilities for monitoring and – if need be – destroying them if evidence emerges that they’re being used for nuclear purposes like its media now suspects is the purpose behind its planned spaceport and military cooperation with Pakistan there. Israel just […]
Why’d Trump Bomb ISIS In Nigeria On Christmas?
This might not be a one-off attack for domestic political purposes but the beginning of a campaign aimed at wresting Nigeria away from BRICS and restoring its role as the West’s regional enforcer. Trump surprised the world by announcing on Christmas that the US bombed “ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria”, whose […]
The EU’s Failed Attempt To Steal Russia’s Seized Assets Was Self-Discrediting
It arguably dealt irreparable damage to the bloc’s reputation as a safe location in which foreigners the world over could store and invest their financial assets after influential members left no doubt about their desire to steal its assets, thus signaling that they might try to steal other countries’ one […]
The EU’s New Policy Towards Russia’s Seized Assets Isn’t About Helping Ukraine
The real purpose might be to prevent the US from reaching a deal with Russia per point 14 of its leaked 28-point peace framework to invest a significant sum of its (by-then former) adversary’s EU-seized assets into joint projects, likely energy and rare earths, after the conflict ends. Russia condemned the EU’s […]
Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Investigation Appears To Be On The Brink Of Implicating Zelensky
The New York Times’ recent report about his government’s responsibility for the worst corruption scandal in Ukraine’s history suggests that the walls are closing in and his foreign media allies are jumping ship out of desperation to retain some of their credibility after years of deifying him. It was earlier […]






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