A Venezuelan‑Style Iran Oil Blockade Could Let The US Divide And Rule RIC By Andrew Korybko The cascading consequences of such a blockade, which might not ultimately be imposed due it entailing a high risk of war with Iran, could simultaneously… Read More ›
Any New Strategic Arms Control Pact Between Russia And The US Hinges On China’s Participation By Andrew Korybko The US’ retention of its nuclear superiority vis-à-vis China is non-negotiable, so it’ll either unilaterally maintain its existing edge outside of strategic arms… Read More ›
Why Finnish President Stubb Won’t Convince the Global South to Abandon Multipolarity By Andrew Korybko This collection of countries, which is unofficially led by India (the most populous and fastest-developing state among them by far), knows that its interests are best… Read More ›
What’s The Likelihood Of A Global Nuclear Arms Race? By Andrew Korybko Russia and China are expected to reciprocally respond to the US’ potential development of new nukes and/or new nuke tests after it just let the New START lapse, which… Read More ›
The Indo-US Trade Deal Might Sharply Shift The Direction Of The Global Systemic Transition By Andrew Korybko Russia might be thrown into a grand strategic dilemma over whether to rely on China to replace its lost Indian oil market at the… Read More ›
How Will Key Countries Respond To The US’ Attempted Restoration Of Unipolarity? By Andrew Korybko The US’ restoration of unipolarity risks sparking another World War if cooler heads don’t prevail. The US’ new National Security and Defence Strategies, which collectively articulate the “Trump Doctrine”,… Read More ›
The US Is On The Brink Of Subordinating Cuba By Andrew Korybko The immediate goal of the US’ de facto oil embargo on Cuba is a “regime tweaking” that achieves at least some of Trump’s demanded foreign policy goals and initiates… Read More ›
The “BRICS Naval Drill” That Never Was By Andrew Korybko South Africa allowed this false perception to spread as a symbolic act of defiance against Trump given his hatred of BRICS, whose members and partners were invited to this drill, and… Read More ›
Carney’s Davos Shockwave: Europe And Canada Now Treated Like The “Third World” By Uriel Araujo Canada’s prime minister openly acknowledged at Davos that global rules no longer govern world affairs. With Europe and Canada now openly facing pressures once reserved for… Read More ›
The US’ New National Defence Strategy Calls For A World War-Like Military Build-Up By Andrew Korybko This final “Line of Effort” underpins the preceding three regarding the Western Hemisphere, the Indo-Pacific, and burden-sharing, all of which are being pursued in furtherance… Read More ›
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