Did Trump Really Deceive Iran With Duplicitous Diplomacy? By Andrew Korybko Another way of looking at it is that Trump truly wanted a deal, which is why he was against Israel attacking Iran before his 60-day deadline was up, but… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Five Questions Surrounding Israel’s Unprecedented Strikes On Iran
Five Questions Surrounding Israel’s Unprecedented Strikes On Iran By Andrew Korybko The answers will determine the course of this crisis. Israel launched unprecedented strikes on Iranian military and nuclear targets early Friday morning. This followed the latest US-Iranian nuclear talks… Read More ›
Wagner’s Withdrawal From Mali Might Reshape The Conflict’s Military-Political Dynamics
Wagner’s Withdrawal From Mali Might Reshape The Conflict’s Military-Political Dynamics By Andrew Korybko The recent friction in Russian-Algerian ties over this conflict might be alleviated while Mali could consider offering the Tuaregs broad autonomy in exchange for joining forces against radical… Read More ›
ISKP’s War On Baloch Separatists Deepens Pakistan’s Multi-Front Crisis
ISKP’s War On Baloch Separatists Deepens Pakistan’s Multi-Front Crisis By Uriel Araujo The Islamic State Khorasan Province’s (ISKP) declaration of war against Baloch separatists intensifies Pakistan’s volatile conflict landscape, intertwining religious extremism with ethnopolitical strife. This escalation, amid ongoing Indo-Pakistan tensions,… Read More ›
Israel’s Transfer Of Some US-Made Patriot Missiles To Ukraine May Harm Ties With Russia
Israel’s Transfer Of Some US-Made Patriot Missiles To Ukraine May Harm Ties With Russia By Andrew Korybko Considering that the realistic range of Russia’s retaliatory options is now limited, Bibi likely calculated that the harm to bilateral ties will be manageable,… Read More ›
Russia’s Arrival In Dnipropetrovsk Puts Ukraine In A Dilemma
Russia’s Arrival In Dnipropetrovsk Puts Ukraine In A Dilemma By Andrew Korybko It’s very difficult to imagine how Ukraine can prevent any further Russian advances after this. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced on Sunday that their forces had entered Ukraine’s… Read More ›
Russia’s Efforts To Return Displaced Ukrainian Children To Their Families Discredit The ICC
Russia’s Efforts To Return Displaced Ukrainian Children To Their Families Discredit The ICC By Andrew Korybko It’s always tragic whenever children are displaced or orphaned by conflict, but evacuating them from the front lines and giving them proper care isn’t akin… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Response To The Sejm’s Volhynia Genocide Remembrance Bill Infuriated Poles
Ukraine’s Response To The Sejm’s Volhynia Genocide Remembrance Bill Infuriated Poles By Andrew Korybko Downplaying this crime and suggesting that Poles are Russia’s useful idiots for remembering it can galvanize them in support of a much harder line towards Ukraine than… Read More ›
Why Did Russia Lend Credence To Trump’s Claim That He Personally Stopped The Indo-Pak Conflict?
Why Did Russia Lend Credence To Trump’s Claim That He Personally Stopped The Indo-Pak Conflict? By Andrew Korybko The rise of Russia’s pro-BRI policymaking faction, intense Pakistani diplomacy, and Russia’s interests with the US vis-à-vis Ukraine arguably account for what just… Read More ›
India-Pakistan Conflict Escalates, Entangled In Middle Eastern And Caucasian Geopolitical Rivalries
India-Pakistan Conflict Escalates, Entangled In Middle Eastern And Caucasian Geopolitical Rivalries By Uriel Araujo The India-Pakistan conflict, intensified by the 2025 Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor, draws Middle Eastern powers like Israel and Turkiye, alongside Azerbaijan, into a complex web of… Read More ›
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