Missiles Over The Pacific: How U.S. Overreach Is Fuelling A Regional Arms Spiral By Uriel Araujo The Indo-Pacific is witnessing a sharp rise in missile deployments driven by an aggressive US approach involving the Philippines, Japan, Australia, and allies. This coordinated… Read More ›
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Iran Hopes That CPEC Branding Will Secure More Investment From China
Iran Hopes That CPEC Branding Will Secure More Investment From China By Andrew Korybko Rebranding existing logistics corridors across its territory as part of CPEC is a means to this end. Iran’s Mehr News Agency and others reported that one of their country’s leading economic… Read More ›
What’s Responsible For The Upcoming Putin-Trump Summit?
What’s Responsible For The Upcoming Putin-Trump Summit? By Andrew Korybko One of them must have offered more concessions to the other. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed on Thursday that Putin and Trump could meet as soon as next week following Special Envoy Steve… 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 ›
Myanmar’s Kachin State Is At The Centre Of The Sino-US Scramble For Rare Earths
Myanmar’s Kachin State Is At The Centre Of The Sino-US Scramble For Rare Earths By Andrew Korybko The US seeks influence over this region that supplies much of neighbouring China’s rare earth industry. Western media has published a spree of articles… 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 ›
Von Der Leyen Just Subordinated The EU As The US’ Largest-Ever Vassal State
Von Der Leyen Just Subordinated The EU As The US’ Largest-Ever Vassal State By Andrew Korybko This outcome places the US on the path of restoring its unipolar hegemony via sequential lopsided trade deals as it likely sets its sights on… 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 ›
What’s Thailand’s Endgame If Its Conflict With Cambodia Escalates Into War?
What’s Thailand’s Endgame If Its Conflict With Cambodia Escalates Into War? By Andrew Korybko Demilitarization and regime change might be in the cards. The latest clashes between Cambodia and Thailand over their decades-long border dispute, which were arguably initiated by the… Read More ›
Thailand’s Domestic Dynamics Are Likely Responsible For The Latest Clashes With Cambodia
Thailand’s Domestic Dynamics Are Likely Responsible For The Latest Clashes With Cambodia By Andrew Korybko They’re not due to some divide-and-rule plot by the US or anyone else like some might speculate. Intense clashes broke out along the colonial-era French-drawn Cambodian-Thai border… Read More ›