Why Won’t China Cut Ukraine Off From Drone-Related Sales? By Andrew Korybko Indefinitely perpetuating the Ukrainian Conflict through these means indefinitely delays the full implementation of the US’ planned “Pivot (back) to (East) Asia”, can lead to Russia selling its natural… Read More ›
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Will AI Make Us Dumber? The Cognitive Arms Race Has Begun
Will AI Make Us Dumber? The Cognitive Arms Race Has Begun By Uriel Araujo The rapid adoption of AI is raising concerns about reading, reasoning and intellectual autonomy – with geopolitical implications. From New York schools to China and the BRICS… Read More ›
Turkey’s Eurasian Pivot: Balancing NATO, Russia And China
Turkey’s Eurasian Pivot: Balancing NATO, Russia And China By Uriel Araujo Ankara is deepening nuclear ties with Russia, and considering full SCO membership – while remaining a NATO member. Erdogan’s multi-alignment strategy also includes an expanding Turkic agenda. The result is… Read More ›
Trump’s New Monroe Doctrine Could Push Canada Toward China
Trump’s New Monroe Doctrine Could Push Canada Toward China By Uriel Araujo Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada reveals a broader geopolitical drive. As Washington revives Monroeist thinking and pressures Ottawa, Canada is diversifying its trade and security relationships. Could US… Read More ›
Russia Courts BRICS To Break NATO’s Arctic Containment
Russia Courts BRICS To Break NATO’s Arctic Containment By Andrew Korybko Russia’s overarching strategy appears to be to encourage the largest number of countries to obtain stakes in the Arctic’s energy, transport, and logistics projects so as to incentivize them to… Read More ›
Will NASAPEC Become America’s Answer to OPEC?
Will NASAPEC Become America’s Answer to OPEC? By Andrew Korybko The US’ newly formalized control over the majority of Venezuela’s oil reserves and Caracas’ potential withdrawal from OPEC could see Trump 2.0 assembling a “North American-South American Petroleum Exporting Countries” group… Read More ›
Panama Canal Showdown Exposes The Limits Of Trump’s New Monroe Doctrine
Panama Canal Showdown Exposes The Limits Of Trump’s New Monroe Doctrine By Uriel Araujo The Panama Canal dispute appeared to deliver Washington a major victory over Chinese influence in Latin America. Yet China responded through its commercial and maritime leverage, bringing… Read More ›
BRICS Is Challenging Dollar Dominance Without Needing A Common Currency
BRICS Is Challenging Dollar Dominance Without Needing A Common Currency By Uriel Araujo BRICS countries are connecting their payment systems and expanding local-currency settlement. Brazil’s Pix, CBDCs and Iran’s proposed BRICS financial corridors could thus gradually reduce the need for dollar-mediated… Read More ›
The $40 Trillion Question: Can America Still Afford Global Primacy?
The $40 Trillion Question: Can America Still Afford Global Primacy? By Uriel Araujo The US national debt has crossed $40 trillion amid the war with Iran, rising borrowing costs, and renewed inflation concerns. At the same time, Washington faces depleted munitions,… Read More ›
China’s Ambassador To Russia Warned That Japan’s Remilitarisation Could Trigger World War III
China’s Ambassador To Russia Warned That Japan’s Remilitarisation Could Trigger World War III By Andrew Korybko If the “Japanese Question” (for lack of a better term) isn’t soon peacefully resolved, then the risk of World War III breaking out in Northeast… Read More ›