Digital Empire: How Stablecoins Extend Washington’s Reach Beyond Borders By Uriel Araujo The promise of crypto is colliding with geopolitical reality. Stablecoins now serve as instruments of US statecraft (and “deep state” linked Big Tech), echoing the “dollar bomb” of the… Read More ›
Analysis
Russia Probably Didn’t Deliberately Target The Cabinet Of Ministers Building In Kiev
Russia Probably Didn’t Deliberately Target The Cabinet Of Ministers Building In Kiev By Andrew Korybko It’s difficult to imagine typically cautious and restrained Putin losing his cool and recklessly giving European warmongers exactly what they need for raising the chances that… Read More ›
There Might Be More To The Von Der Leyen-GPS-Russia Hoax Than Scoring Cheap Infowar Points
There Might Be More To The Von Der Leyen-GPS-Russia Hoax Than Scoring Cheap Infowar Points By Andrew Korybko NATO might exploit this hoax as the pretext for commencing large-scale but “plausibly deniable” electronic warfare provocations against Kaliningrad that could spike the… Read More ›
Water Wars: How India-Pakistan River Politics Threaten Regional Stability
Water Wars: How India-Pakistan River Politics Threaten Regional Stability By Uriel Araujo Tensions between India and Pakistan are rising amid accusations of water weaponization after floods displaced 1.8 million people. Control of the Indus River has long been a geopolitical fault… Read More ›
Putin’s Master Plan For The Russian Arctic And Far East Will Speed Up The Global South’s Rise
Putin’s Master Plan For The Russian Arctic And Far East Will Speed Up The Global South’s Rise By Andrew Korybko The end result might be the world’s bifurcation into the US-led “Global West” and the Chinese-led Global South. Putin elaborated on… Read More ›
Ultranationalist Pressure: The Far-Right Grip On Ukraine’s Political Future (2014–2025)
Ultranationalist Pressure: The Far-Right Grip On Ukraine’s Political Future (2014–2025) By Uriel Araujo Ukraine’s ultranationalist groups, long empowered by US aid, pose a political threat as they pressure Zelensky against concessions. The speculation pertaining to the assassination of Andriy Parubiy shows… Read More ›
The Establishment Of Armenian-Pakistani Diplomatic Ties Is Part Of A Larger Powerplay
The Establishment Of Armenian-Pakistani Diplomatic Ties Is Part Of A Larger Powerplay By Andrew Korybko It’s about turbocharging the emerging Turkish-Azeri-Pak bloc by giving Islamabad access to TRIPP for facilitating trade with Turkiye and Europe in order to consolidate this bloc’s… Read More ›
The ‘Power Of Siberia 2’ Pipeline Deal Signifies The Failure Of Trump’s Eurasian Grand Strategy
The ‘Power Of Siberia 2’ Pipeline Deal Signifies The Failure Of Trump’s Eurasian Grand Strategy By Andrew Korybko Trump’s escalatory signals in Ukraine, the Indo-US split that he induced, and the attendant alleviation of the Sino-Indo security dilemma freed Russia up… Read More ›
China-Russia Joint Submarine Patrol Marks Strategic Shift In Global Naval Power
China-Russia Joint Submarine Patrol Marks Strategic Shift In Global Naval Power By Uriel Araujo Russian and Chinese submarines conducted their first joint Pacific patrol, representing a landmark moment for maritime cooperation. Alongside exercises in the Indian Ocean and East Asia, these… Read More ›
The SCO And BRICS Play Complementary Roles In Gradually Transforming Global Governance
The SCO And BRICS Play Complementary Roles In Gradually Transforming Global Governance By Andrew Korybko The processes that are unfolding will take a lot of time to complete, perhaps even a generation or longer, so expectations of a swift transition to… Read More ›