Is NATO Sidelining Turkiye? “Turkish Question” Risks Weakening Atlantic Alliance’s South-eastern Flank By Uriel Araujo Erdogan demands unconditional NATO defence trade access and bids to host the 2026 summit. Amid ever persistent tensions over Turkiye’s S-400 purchase and exclusion from F-35… Read More ›
Only Political Engineering Can Restore Russian Language Rights In Ukraine Like Lavrov Wants By Andrew Korybko Only the US is capable of pulling this off since Russia lacks influence over Ukraine’s political processes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pledged in early June on… Read More ›
Trump’s Disbanding Of A Secret “Deep State” Working Group Raises Hopes Of Peace With Russia By Andrew Korybko Its inter-agency members sought to sabotage the Russian-US rapprochement. Reuters reported in mid-June that the Trump Administration had recently disbanded a secret inter-agency working… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Iran And Israel Agreed To A Ceasefire By Andrew Korybko Nobody saw it coming. Iran and Israel surprised the world by agreeing to a ceasefire precisely at the point when most observers expected their war to spiral out of control…. Read More ›
US Intervention In Iran-Israel Conflict Can Destroy Trump’s “MAGA”, And Trigger An American Recession By Uriel Araujo Escalating Iran-Israel tensions with Washington embarking on the war expected to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz, spiking oil prices, and destabilizing the US dollar,… Read More ›
Does The US Want To Divide-And-Rule Belarus And Russia Or De-Escalate Continental Tensions? By Andrew Korybko Kellogg’s six-hour-long meeting with Lukashenko raises questions about the US’ intentions. Trump’s Special Envoy on Ukraine Keith Kellogg just met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk… Read More ›
Trump Let Himself Be Led By Israel Into Bombing Iran By Andrew Korybko Bibi, other members of the Israeli government, and anti-Iranian hawks within Trump’s own convinced him that a window of opportunity has opened up to knock Iran out of… Read More ›
Putin’s Clarification Of Russian Policy Towards Ukraine Discredited The West’s Narrative By Andrew Korybko The territorial aspect of the conflict is only the result of “military logic” making this a fait accompli as the conflict dragged on after the Anglo-American Axis… Read More ›
Poland’s Latest Megaproject Has Long-Term Anti-Russian Implications By Andrew Korybko Its successful implementation will help optimize the “military Schengen”, bring about a windfall of profits from facilitating the EU’s trade with Asia that could then be reinvested in its ongoing militarization… Read More ›
NATO’s Credibility Is Eroding Amid Organized Crime, Corruption Scandals, And Internal Fractures By Uriel Araujo NATO faces a deepening credibility crisis as corruption scandals, including rigged arms contracts and alleged intelligence leaks, expose systemic flaws. Internal divisions, unmet defence spending targets,… Read More ›
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