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The Race For Raqqa And America’s Geopolitical Revenge In “Syraq” (I)

14/10/2015 by Andrew KORYBKO / 31 comments

The Mideast will never be the same again after Russia’s anti-terrorist intervention in Syria. The US’ previously uncontested hegemony over the region is now an unpleasant memory of the past, but it doesn’t mean that it’s totally squeezed from the area just yet. It now appears as though the US […]

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“The New Middle East”: Russian Style (III)

10/10/2015 by Andrew KORYBKO / 2 comments

(Please read Part I, Part IIA and Part IIB before this article) Barely anything is certain in life, but if there’s one thing that geopolitical observers can most surely expect, it’s that the US will fiendishly find a way to pay Russia back for the sudden reversal that Moscow’s inflicted […]

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“The New Middle East”: Russian Style (IIB)

09/10/2015 by Andrew KORYBKO / 13 comments

(Please read previous section before this article) This section examines how and why the two formerly most stable states in the Mideast (at least according to conventional Western understanding) have become the ones facing the greatest prospects of full-scale destabilization: The Saudis Are Running Scared Biting The Russian Hand: The […]

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“The New Middle East”: Russian Style (IIA)

08/10/2015 by Andrew KORYBKO / 6 comments

(Please read Part I before this article) The first part of the article touched upon the defining elements that constitute the paradigm shift created by the Coalition of the Righteous (COR), so it’s time to examine the geopolitical consequences of this game-changing development. Each observation deals either with an analyzed […]

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“The New Middle East”: Russian Style (I)

07/10/2015 by Andrew KORYBKO / 12 comments

The US’ plan to construct a “New Middle East”, announced during the failed 2006 Israeli War on Lebanon, has been totally offset by Russia’s game-changing anti-terrorist intervention in Syria. Although no formal details were ever officially provided as to what this “New Middle East” would look like, many caught on […]

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