Trump’s Shortened Deadline For Putin Will Soon Reveal Which Of Them Miscalculated By Andrew Korybko Polar opposite understandings of the Sino-Indo prisoner’s dilemma lie at the core of their calculations. Trump announced on Monday that he was shortening his 50-day deadline to Putin… Read More ›
France Becomes First G7 Nation To Recognize Palestine, Raising Strategic Questions For NATO By Uriel Araujo Paris’ recognition of Palestine, a G7 first, signals a seismic shift in European diplomacy, further isolating Israel and straining NATO’s unity. Rooted in France’s somewhat… Read More ›
Von Der Leyen Just Subordinated The EU As The US’ Largest-Ever Vassal State By Andrew Korybko This outcome places the US on the path of restoring its unipolar hegemony via sequential lopsided trade deals as it likely sets its sights on… Read More ›
Egypt Draws Red Line On U.S. Gaza Deal: GERD Dispute Takes Backseat To Homeland Security By Andrew Korybko Preserving its perceived national interests vis-à-vis Gaza is seen as much more important of a priority. It was concluded here in late July after Trump’s… Read More ›
Why Did Ghana Of All Countries Agree To Partially Finance Ukraine’s Drone Program? By Andrew Korybko Footing part of this bill in exchange for Ukrainian support for securing its borders is one of the costs that Ghana must pay as part… Read More ›
Indo-Pakistani Rivalry Reshaping Global Geopolitics: A Conflict Neither Local Nor Over By Uriel Araujo The long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan is not confined to South Asia. The rivalry is entangling the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Eurasian alliances — posing… Read More ›
What’s Thailand’s Endgame If Its Conflict With Cambodia Escalates Into War? By Andrew Korybko Demilitarization and regime change might be in the cards. The latest clashes between Cambodia and Thailand over their decades-long border dispute, which were arguably initiated by the… Read More ›
Endgame For Zelensky? Why Seymour Hersh’s Report Rings True By Uriel Araujo Growing unrest in Ukraine and shifting US attitudes may signal the end of President Zelensky’s tenure. Seymour Hersh reports that Washington could be backing General Zaluzhnyi as a successor,… Read More ›
Thailand’s Domestic Dynamics Are Likely Responsible For The Latest Clashes With Cambodia By Andrew Korybko They’re not due to some divide-and-rule plot by the US or anyone else like some might speculate. Intense clashes broke out along the colonial-era French-drawn Cambodian-Thai border… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From Aliyev’s Q And A Session At The Shusha Global Media Forum By Andrew Korybko He’s still ruffling Russia’s feathers over Ukraine and the AZAL tragedy, but he restrained himself from going further, so the door might thus be… Read More ›
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