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“Germany of Asia” looking to restore its sovereignty
By ORIENTAL REVIEW
While the new resident of the White House has been acquiring a taste for military adventures overseas, the prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, visited Moscow last Thursday for his 17th talk with Vladimir Putin. But of course their normal economic agenda, intended to hammer out the final details of some painful bilateral issues, was […]
Continue reading...Hybrid War Can Wreak Havoc Across West Africa (I)
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
17. March 2017
The last part of the African continent to be analyzed in the Hybrid War vulnerability study is its western core region around Nigeria. This part of Africa is significant for many reasons, not least of which are its demographic and energy potential. Nigeria importantly sits at the juncture of what observers traditionally delineate as West […]
Continue reading...Hybrid Wars 8. China, Cobalt, And The US’ Color Revolution Plans For The Congo
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
24. February 2017
China secured one of the most important deals of this century so far, and it’s the $2.65 billion that it paid for the Tenke mine in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, or hereafter referred to simply as the Congo) at the end of May. The Financial Times has an […]
Continue reading...Who is afraid of peace in Afghanistan?
By Amb. M. K. BHADRAKUMAR (India)
14. February 2017
The six-nation conference on Afghanistan due to be held in Moscow on Wednesday – including Russia, China, India, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan – is already in the US’ crosshairs. A Voice of America commentary has accused that by taking this initiative, “Russia is more interested in undermining the United States than in solving the regional […]
Continue reading...Hybrid Wars 8. Lots of trouble to Tanzania
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
20. January 2017
The last of the five traditional East African Community (EAC) countries to analyze in this research is Tanzania, the bloc’s stalwart southeastern member. Long recognized as a bastion of harmonious stability in spite of its around 120 separate ethnic groups and languages, Tanzania also has a history of regional leadership in the anti-colonial struggle and […]
Continue reading...Hybrid Wars 8. Crushing The East African Community (II)
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
23. December 2016
The first of the EAC countries to be discussed is Kenya, which is also the strongest economy of the bloc. Due to its location and history, it’s also the one that’s the most “Western-friendly” and well known, though what is much less discussed are the myriad Hybrid War vulnerabilities that it faces. Popularly conceived of […]
Continue reading...Calming The Mainstream Media’s Trump-China Hysteria
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
7. December 2016
Two huge stories have dominated the media over the past week, and they’re that Trump took a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s leader and that he fired off some unfriendly Tweets directed against China. Both of these stories obviously intersect by telling the world a lot about what the future of American-Chinese relations might entail […]
Continue reading...Hybrid Wars 8. Strategies Against Africa – Introduction
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
4. November 2016
The most colonized and exploited continent in the history of the world is once more the center of global competition, albeit this time the form of rivalry between the Great Powers has taken on a much more nuanced, though no less intense, form. The US, France, and their unipolar allies want to retain Africa as […]
Continue reading...Hybrid Wars 7. How The US Could Manufacture A Mess In Myanmar (II)
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
12. October 2016
(Please read Part I prior to this article) The Unipolar Transition Structural And Social Preconditioning: Although the Saffron Revolution failed in achieving its regime change goals, what it did succeed in was sending an ominous warning sign to the Myanmar generals of the sort of destabilization scenarios that they could expect in the coming future […]
Continue reading...Hybrid Wars 7. How The US Could Manufacture A Mess In Myanmar (I)
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
11. October 2016
The last ASEAN country to be studied within the book is Myanmar, which is by far the most susceptible of the entire bunch to Hybrid War. Truth be told, it’s been experiencing some form or another of Hybrid War since its independence in 1948, although this mostly took the form of Unconventional Warfare prior to […]
Continue reading...Hybrid Wars 6. Trick To Containing China (IX)
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
12. August 2016
(Please read the previous parts prior to this article) Can Thailand Tackle Its Hybrid War Threats? Thailand is the most crucial country in mainland ASEAN’s current geopolitical framework, bringing together the infrastructural interests of China, India, and Japan, and also being a sizzling political battleground between the US and China. It has a strong and […]
Continue reading...Hybrid Wars 6. Trick To Containing China (VIII)
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
5. August 2016
(Please read the previous parts prior to this article) China Stands To Lose Big By A Hybrid War In Laos The research has finally proceeded to the point where the countries most relevant to the Law of Hybrid War will now be discussed. To remind the reader, this stipulates that: “The grand objective behind every […]
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1. May 2017
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