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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Critiquing Trump’s Point About Russia, The G7, And Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Trump’s point is all over the place, being sensible, incomplete, and disingenuous all in one. Trump shocked his G7 peers during their latest summit when he claimed that Russia’s special operation wouldn’t have happened… Read More ›
It’s Premature To Jump To Conclusions About The Pentagon’s Review Of AUKUS By Andrew Korybko The US is unlikely to exit AUKUS, even as a goodwill gesture to China in the context of Trump’s self-declared “total reset” in their ties, but… Read More ›
NATO’s Procurement Corruption Scandal Might Delay Its Rapid Militarization Plans By Andrew Korybko Member states might eschew the NATO Support and Procurement Agency’s services, thus delaying their military purchases, which could delay the bloc’s rapid militarization plans if enough of them… Read More ›
Who Really Decides What “America First” Means? By Andrew Korybko The base and those top influencers who channel their interests (and at times add their own insight) arguably define MAGA, but Trump is the only one with the power to implement… Read More ›
What Did Medinsky Mean To Convey By Comparing Ukraine To Karabakh? By Andrew Korybko He meant to inflict no harm to bilateral ties with Azerbaijan and only wanted to make the point that frozen conflicts, like what the West is… Read More ›
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