Beyond Pragmatism: Dmitry Trenin’s Sceptical Turn On Trump 2.0 By Andrew Korybko What can be described as Russia’s pro-BRI policymaking faction has long lobbied for a harder line against the US, but their ‘friendly rivals’ in the balancing one of which… Read More ›
Assessing The Economist’s Argument That Trump Has No Good Options In Iran By Andrew Korybko Of these four, the relatively least bad from the perspective of Trump 2.0’s interests are talking and escalating, the first if its interests are taken at… Read More ›
Trump Might Have Approved Israel’s South Pars Strike After Iran Flirted With The Petroyuan By Andrew Korybko The attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field was a strategic manoeuvre designed to sabotage the rise of the “petroyuan” and reinforce the global… Read More ›
Russia’s Top UN Representative Reminded The World Of The West’s Responsibility To Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko The US has a moral responsibility to return Afghanistan’s seized assets, but morality doesn’t guide US policy, let alone under Trump 2.0 given its Hyper-Realist… Read More ›
Foreign Affairs Explained Why The Global South Won’t Fall Under Western Influence By Andrew Korybko From the Global South’s perspective, the West discredited itself through its double standards towards the Ukrainian Conflict and the Gaza War, continues pursuing counterproductive ideologically driven… Read More ›
Brazil: The Next Target Of Washington’s Drug War By Uriel Araujo Tensions are rising between Brazil and the United States: Washington’s demands over drug gangs, foreign prisoners, and refugee data raise concerns in Brasília about sovereignty and intervention. As Brazil resists,… Read More ›
The Hormuz Pincer: Why Trump’s Naval Coalition Is A Strategic Trap For China By Andrew Korybko Trump wants to throw Xi into a dilemma before his upcoming trip, which he threatened to delay if China doesn’t join the US’ coalition, but… Read More ›
Commodities Over Principles: The Economic Logic Behind The UNSC Vote On Iran By Andrew Korybko The lack of any meaningful economic relationship with Iran predetermined that most countries would support any resolution against it if unofficially forced to choose between the… Read More ›
A Partially Pentagon-Funded Newspaper Is Fearmongering About Russian-Pakistani Ties By Andrew Korybko Post-Khan Pakistan won’t jeopardize its security, economic, and elite ties with the US for Russia. “Stars and Stripes” publicly discloses its partial Pentagon funding, which is why it’s worth paying attention… Read More ›
Iran’s Strikes On The UAE Exposed The Limits Of BRICS Unity By Andrew Korybko Iran and the UAE have polar opposite security interests vis-à-vis the US, while India took the UAE’s side over Iran’s arguably due to its nearly 100x greater… Read More ›
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