The SCO And BRICS Play Complementary Roles In Gradually Transforming Global Governance By Andrew Korybko The processes that are unfolding will take a lot of time to complete, perhaps even a generation or longer, so expectations of a swift transition to… Read More ›
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SCO Issues Delayed Condemnation of Pahalgam Attack Amid Sino-Indian Rapprochement
SCO Issues Delayed Condemnation of Pahalgam Attack Amid Sino-Indian Rapprochement By Andrew Korybko The recent Sino-Indo rapprochement, which was inadvertently brought about by the US, accounts for why this year’s Chinese host agreed to include this in the Tianjin Declaration unlike… Read More ›
Gunboats And Ghost Wars: Washington’s Hybrid Siege Of Venezuela
Gunboats And Ghost Wars: Washington’s Hybrid Siege Of Venezuela By Uriel Araujo The deployment of US Navy destroyers near Venezuela reignites Cold War dynamics in the Caribbean. Trump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0 targets Caracas while signalling to China and BRICS. Hybrid warfare… Read More ›
Magnitsky Sanctions Expose Brazil’s Dollar Dependency Amid BRICS Push For De-Dollarization
Magnitsky Sanctions Expose Brazil’s Dollar Dependency Amid BRICS Push For De-Dollarization By Uriel Araujo Brazil’s financial sector is reeling after Justice Minister Flávio Dino warned banks against complying with US Global Magnitsky sanctions on Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The… Read More ›
NATO’s New Ally? Argentina And UK Forge Quiet Military Ties To Counter China In The South Atlantic
NATO’s New Ally? Argentina And UK Forge Quiet Military Ties To Counter China In The South Atlantic By Uriel Araujo Underreported UK-Argentina military secret dialogue, tied to Milei’s NATO aspirations, seeks to counter China’s growing South Atlantic presence. This partnership could… Read More ›
Indonesia Will Play A Key Role In Russia’s Asian Balancing Act
Indonesia Will Play A Key Role In Russia’s Asian Balancing Act By Andrew Korybko Their close Soviet-era strategic cooperation before General Suharto’s mid-1960s coup serves as a nostalgic reference point for the level of relations that their contemporary leaders are eager… Read More ›
From Bolsonaro To BRICS: What Trump’s Tariffs On Brazil Are Really About
From Bolsonaro To BRICS: What Trump’s Tariffs On Brazil Are Really About By Uriel Araujo Trump’s 50% tariff on Brazil, framed as support for Bolsonaro, may actually target Brazil’s deepening ties with China and the BRICS bloc. The move risks triggering… Read More ›
Trump’s Shortened Deadline For Putin Will Soon Reveal Which Of Them Miscalculated
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 ›
Indo-Pakistani Rivalry Reshaping Global Geopolitics: A Conflict Neither Local Nor Over
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 ›
Trump’s Campaign Against Brazil Is About More Than Bolsonaro, Bilateral Trade, And BRICS
Trump’s Campaign Against Brazil Is About More Than Bolsonaro, Bilateral Trade, And BRICS By Andrew Korybko His goal is to subordinate Brazil as a vassal state so that it becomes the main “Fortress America” component of his “Global West” vision. Brazil… Read More ›