US Neo‑Monroeist Offensive Strangling Cuba Risks Blowback At Home By Uriel Araujo As Trump escalates economic warfare against Cuba, the administration revives a familiar regime-change logic rooted in pressure and economic strangulation. History teaches that such strategies deepen suffering without guaranteeing… Read More ›
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The Indo-US Trade Deal Might Sharply Shift The Direction Of The Global Systemic Transition
The Indo-US Trade Deal Might Sharply Shift The Direction Of The Global Systemic Transition By Andrew Korybko Russia might be thrown into a grand strategic dilemma over whether to rely on China to replace its lost Indian oil market at the… Read More ›
Why Russia’s Syria Strategy Goes Far Beyond Protecting Its Military Bases
Why Russia’s Syria Strategy Goes Far Beyond Protecting Its Military Bases By Andrew Korybko They’re all connected to its role in jointly building the “New Syria”. Syrian President Ahmed “Jolani” al-Sharaa’s second trip to Moscow in several months was widely interpreted as having… Read More ›
The US Is On The Brink Of Subordinating Cuba
The US Is On The Brink Of Subordinating Cuba By Andrew Korybko The immediate goal of the US’ de facto oil embargo on Cuba is a “regime tweaking” that achieves at least some of Trump’s demanded foreign policy goals and initiates… Read More ›
How State‑Tolerated “Potemkinism” Distorts Global Perceptions Of Russian Foreign Policy
How State‑Tolerated “Potemkinism” Distorts Global Perceptions Of Russian Foreign Policy By Andrew Korybko This refers to top “Non-Russian Pro-Russian” influencers’ creation of alternative realities, such as the metanarrative that Russia leads a global network of mutual defence allies that collectively challenges… Read More ›
The US Wants To Replicate The Venezuelan Model In Iran
The US Wants To Replicate The Venezuelan Model In Iran By Andrew Korybko Here’s the English version of the interview that I gave to Müstəqil’s Sahile Cabbarova about the latest US-Iranian tensions. 1. Does the U.S. administration view the current protests… Read More ›
This Is How NATO Ends: Not Through Retreat, But Through A Greenland Intervention
This Is How NATO Ends: Not Through Retreat, But Through A Greenland Intervention By Uriel Araujo American threats against Greenland have forced Europe to rethink NATO’s most basic assumptions. Trump’s foreign policy combines global interventionism with neo-Monroeist ambitions closer to home…. Read More ›
Why The US Risked An Accidental War With Russia In The Atlantic
Why The US Risked An Accidental War With Russia In The Atlantic By Andrew Korybko 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”… Read More ›
Here’s How U.S. Proxy Control Of Venezuela Can Harm Cuban, Chinese, And Russian Interests
Here’s How U.S. Proxy Control Of Venezuela Can Harm Cuban, Chinese, And Russian Interests By Andrew Korybko Cuba might be coerced into subordinating itself to the US, the cascading consequences of other major BRI partners being intimidated into following Venezuela’s example… Read More ›
Russia Slams US Over Maduro Capture, Warns of Renewed Imperialism In Latin America
Russia Slams US Over Maduro Capture, Warns of Renewed Imperialism In Latin America By Andrew Korybko Russia Uses UN Platform to Rally Global South Against US Actions in Venezuela. Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia shared his country’s official response to the US’ capture of… Read More ›