Ceasefire In The Crosshairs: Thailand, Cambodia, And The Proxy Front Of The New Cold War By Uriel Araujo The recent ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia comes amid coup rumours in Bangkok, Chinese support for Phnom Penh, and Trump’s boasts of “bringing… Read More ›
Analysis
US Pressure Might Inadvertently Bring India And China Back Together
US Pressure Might Inadvertently Bring India And China Back Together By Andrew Korybko Any meaningful improvement of Sino-Indo ties, especially in the economic dimension, could prompt Trump to either walk back his hardline policy on India to court it away from… Read More ›
Poland’s New President Is Picking Fights With His Prime Minister, The EU, And Russia
Poland’s New President Is Picking Fights With His Prime Minister, The EU, And Russia By Andrew Korybko This is true to his character as an amateur boxer. Poland’s new president Karol Nawrocki came out swinging against Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the… Read More ›
Why Did The US Raise The Terrorist Designation For A Group Of Anti-Chinese Militants In Pakistan?
Why Did The US Raise The Terrorist Designation For A Group Of Anti-Chinese Militants In Pakistan? By Andrew Korybko One would think that the US would consider such a group to be an ally in its New Cold War with China…. Read More ›
NATO’s New Ally? Argentina And UK Forge Quiet Military Ties To Counter China In The South Atlantic
NATO’s New Ally? Argentina And UK Forge Quiet Military Ties To Counter China In The South Atlantic By Uriel Araujo Underreported UK-Argentina military secret dialogue, tied to Milei’s NATO aspirations, seeks to counter China’s growing South Atlantic presence. This partnership could… Read More ›
Trump Putin Summit: What’s Standing In The Way Of A Grand Compromise On Ukraine?
Trump Putin Summit: What’s Standing In The Way Of A Grand Compromise On Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko The onus is now on Zelensky to reciprocate Putin’s widely perceived willingness to compromise for peace. Putin and Trump publicly confirmed that they found… Read More ›
Indonesia Will Play A Key Role In Russia’s Asian Balancing Act
Indonesia Will Play A Key Role In Russia’s Asian Balancing Act By Andrew Korybko Their close Soviet-era strategic cooperation before General Suharto’s mid-1960s coup serves as a nostalgic reference point for the level of relations that their contemporary leaders are eager… Read More ›
The FSB Thwarted One Of Ukraine’s Most Dangerous Escalation Plots Against Russia
The FSB Thwarted One Of Ukraine’s Most Dangerous Escalation Plots Against Russia By Andrew Korybko They might have saved the peace process and therefore literally changed the world. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Thursday that it thwarted Ukraine’s long-range Sapsan… Read More ›
Russian-Azerbaijani Tensions Are Quickly Heating Up Over Ukraine
Russian-Azerbaijani Tensions Are Quickly Heating Up Over Ukraine By Andrew Korybko None of this would be happening if the US didn’t squeeze Russia out of the Zangezur Corridor with Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s assistance. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received a call from Zelensky on… Read More ›
Trump’s Strategic Assault On US Federalism Risks Fragmenting The Republic
Trump’s Strategic Assault On US Federalism Risks Fragmenting The Republic By Uriel Araujo Trump’s federal takeover of Washington DC police marks an unprecedented power-grab. Targeting Democratic ethnic minority cities is part of a broader effort to reshape the US federation while… Read More ›