What’s regarded as the worst-case scenario from the perspective of the ruling Ukrainian elite and their Western masters is the best-case scenario for the rest of the world.| korybko.substack.com
Laos would bolster its geopolitical balancing act while Russia could experiment with a new military-political partnership model that it might then fine-tune for its other Global South partners.| korybko.substack.com
This could raise the chances for a breakthrough somewhere along the front, help to decisively shift domestic public opinion against the conflict, and thus make it easier for “deep state” forces to conspire against Zelensky.| korybko.substack.com
The insight that he shared is extremely relevant in the context of the ongoing Russian-US talks.| TheAltWorld
The Pakistani people can compel China into taking urgent action behind the scenes to de-escalate this crisis by publicly calling upon it to do so, which would also create the optics of their country’s US-backed fascist post-modern coup regime literally shooting at Chinese-friendly peaceful protesters, thus forcing China to get diplomatically involved if it isn’t already.| korybko.substack.com
These statistics from one of the EU’s top think tanks, which can’t be accused of being funded by Russia or operating as its propaganda laundromat, probably come as a shock to outside observers who thought that Poles were gung-ho about this proxy war.| korybko.substack.com
The nearly quarter billion people who live in Pakistan are suffering due to a handful of corrupt military and political figures dutifully complying with the dog whistle blown by a leading US diplomat ordering them to depose their patriotic multipolar premier or risk losing perks from the West.| korybko.substack.com
While Afghanistan no longer functions as a US airbase in the Eurasian Heartland, it’s now a source of unconventional threats to the region, but it also has more geostrategic potential than ever before too.| TheAltWorld
To be clear, the explanations and forecasts shared in this analysis concern the scenario of a Russian rapprochement with the West upon the successful conclusion of peace talks with the US, they’re not in any way a declaration of what will absolutely come to pass.| korybko.substack.com
The path ahead will be very difficult due to the sensitive issues that Russia and the US must resolve.| korybko.substack.com
He wants to deter the even greater provocations that the West might now be plotting| TheAltWorld
Trump’s reported plan for a Western/NATO peacekeeping mission in Ukraine places Russia in the dilemma of either preempting this with another large-scale nationwide offensive, targeting those forces after they enter at the risk of sparking World War III, or tacitly accepting this endgame.| korybko.substack.com
Poland is unprecedentedly important nowadays, but Germany still remains in control of the EU’s foreign policy.| korybko.substack.com
Nikolay Patrushev’s latest interview was exceptionally important for the way in which he excoriated the West, particularly the paradigm through which he did so.| korybko.substack.com
Quite clearly, humanitarian motivations played a major role in President Putin’s decision to commence his country’s special operation.| korybko.substack.com
Critics might claim that President Putin’s new outlook came eight years too late, but late is always better than never.| korybko.substack.com
Hindsight is 20/20 as the clichéd saying goes, ergo the importance of reviewing prior assessments of every key player’s perceptions and associated assumptions about their interests ¾ of a year after the global systemic transition unprecedentedly accelerated as a result of this proxy war.| korybko.substack.com
Those of his supporters in the Alt-Media Community who convinced themselves that the special operation won’t stop until Russian forces reach the Polish border are bound to be infuriated by this assessment, but it’s based on his own words as proven by the official Kremlin website.| korybko.substack.com
This is the first time since then that they’ve conventionally fought a military peer, albeit by proxy for now.| korybko.substack.com
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 war, which might have coincided with Kiev reviving its failed counteroffensive to reconquer all of its lost regions.| korybko.substack.com
It was always unrealistic to imagine that BRICS is an alliance of completely sovereign countries that have united due to their shared hatred of the West and are thus plotting to topple the dollar’s dominance in the near future like some of the Alt-Media Community’s top influencers claim.| korybko.substack.com
The ruling party miscalculated by expecting that the leading role that they carved out for Poland in the NATO-Russian proxy war would shield them from Western criticism for persecuting the liberal-globalist opposition.| korybko.substack.com
The recent worsening of Poland’s ties with Germany and Ukraine, which is partly attributable to the ruling party’s electioneering strategy, just led to those two entering into a military partnership.| korybko.substack.com
Those who’ve been manipulated by the Golden Billion’s hypocritical information warfare narratives into thinking that Russia’s special operation is illegal and immoral should reconsider their stance.| korybko.substack.com
Seeing as how both sides are now officially prioritizing their national interests, and recalling that these are contradictory on sensitive issues like agricultural cooperation and historical memory, the future of their relations doesn’t look as rosy as before.| korybko.substack.com
With the vicious blame game between the US and Ukraine now reaching the level of their military officials telling the press that there are fundamental strategic differences between them, the trust and unity of purpose that were forged over the past 18 months seem to be a thing of the past.| korybko.substack.com
The West’s sanctions policy failed to curtail Russia’s military-industrial production, which actually ended up surging over the past 18 months as a result of clandestine procurement and the successful transition to a wartime economy.| korybko.substack.com
What’s so stunning about this strategic dynamic is that the combined military-industrial capabilities of the bloc’s two and a half dozen countries can’t compete with their single Russian adversary’s.| korybko.substack.com
These lessons could reshape how policymakers perceive the special operation and therefore improve the way in which it’s being waged.| TheAltWorld
Its political power was cemented last summer after the Rada granted Poles practically the same rights as Ukrainians in accordance with the promise that Zelensky made to Duda in May 2022, while the economic aspect was advanced through mid-July’s opening of the first “Ukraine Reconstruction Service” office in Lvov.| korybko.substack.com
This represents the unprecedented expansion of Germany military influence in the post-World War II era, which is being advanced on a false anti-Russian pretext with full American backing.| korybko.substack.com
This is the US’ reward to Poland for replacing its conservative-nationalist government with a liberal-globalist one and then comprehensively subordinating itself to Germany.| korybko.substack.com
NATO is planning for a possible Russian breakthrough across the Line of Contact later this year but isn’t yet sure how to react if that happens.| TheAltWorld
They inadvertently mislead the public about what to expect from the Russia-India-China format.| TheAltWorld