Putin Might Broker An Iranian-US “New Détente” As A Reciprocal Favour To Trump By Andrew Korybko If an Iranian-US “New Détente” follows the nascent Russian-US one, brokered as it might be by Putin as a reciprocal favour to Trump for everything… Read More ›
Analysis
Will Ukraine’s Future Be As A “Buffer State” Or A “Bridge State”?
Will Ukraine’s Future Be As A “Buffer State” Or A “Bridge State”? By Andrew Korybko This scenario is increasingly in America and Russia’s shared interests vis-à-vis their “New Détente”. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban predicted late last month that “Ukraine, or what remains… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From Trump’s Fateful Decision To Freeze All Military Aid To Ukraine
Five Takeaways From Trump’s Fateful Decision To Freeze All Military Aid To Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Transatlantic ties, Russian-US relations, and the nature of American hegemony are all transforming before everyone’s eyes as Trump makes bold moves to force Zelensky to… Read More ›
Russia’s Top UN Representative Exposed The West’s Role In The Global Growth Of Terrorism
Russia’s Top UN Representative Exposed The West’s Role In The Global Growth Of Terrorism By Andrew Korybko The combination of USAID and “anti-terrorist” operations is largely responsible for the chaos that’s spread across the world from 2011 onward beginning with the… Read More ›
It’s The Energy, Stupid! Trump, Musk, And The Global Race For Minerals And AI
It’s The Energy, Stupid! Trump, Musk, And The Global Race For Minerals And AI By Uriel Araujo Trump might be bent on “ending the Ukrainian war”, as he puts it, but there will be plenty of other wars to be fought…. Read More ›
Nord Stream Is Back In The News As Part Of Grand Deal Between Russia And The West
Nord Stream Is Back In The News As Part Of Grand Deal Between Russia And The West By Andrew Korybko What’s being tabled right now is pretty much what was proposed in a briefing from early January. The Financial Times (FT)… Read More ›
The Newly Signed Russian-Iranian Transit Roadmap Is Promising But Still Incomplete
The Newly Signed Russian-Iranian Transit Roadmap Is Promising But Still Incomplete By Andrew Korybko The two greatest obstacles to the North-South Transport Corridor are the Azerbaijani-Iranian security dilemma and the US’ reinstated “maximum pressure” policy against the Islamic Republic. Russia and… Read More ›
Why’s Israel Reportedly Lobbying The US To Keep Russia’s Bases In Syria?
Why’s Israel Reportedly Lobbying The US To Keep Russia’s Bases In Syria? By Andrew Korybko Israel knows which way the wind is blowing and will therefore do whatever is needed to ensure that its interests are safeguarded by key players in… Read More ›
Potential Russian-US Cooperation In The Arctic Wouldn’t Harm China’s Interests
Potential Russian-US Cooperation In The Arctic Wouldn’t Harm China’s Interests By Andrew Korybko These five arguments comprehensively discredit such fearmongering. Bloomberg cited unnamed US officials last week to report that they see potential cooperation with Russia in the Arctic “as a way… Read More ›
Zelensky Picked His Fight With Trump And Vance After Getting Cold Feet About Making Peace
Zelensky Picked His Fight With Trump And Vance After Getting Cold Feet About Making Peace By Andrew Korybko Zelensky was triggered after realizing that the Trump Administration wants to coerce him into peace with Putin and won’t be manipulated into prolonging,… Read More ›