Russia And The US’ Diplomatic Choreography At The UN Shows Their Commitment To A “New Détente” By Andrew Korybko Any claims of Russia “backstabbing” or “selling out” China are absurd and driven by a desire to sow discord. The “New Détente”, which… Read More ›
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Polish FM Shared What Poland Learned About US Strategy From Its Engagements With Trump 2.0
Polish FM Shared What Poland Learned About US Strategy From Its Engagements With Trump 2.0 By Andrew Korybko Differences in vision remain when it comes to the Ukrainian endgame, but the US will still let the EU support Kiev within certain… Read More ›
Transatlantic Tensions: Colonial Power Dynamics In The US-Europe Relationship
Transatlantic Tensions: Colonial Power Dynamics In The US-Europe Relationship By Uriel Araujo US foreign policy frequently reminds of the swing of a pendulum, oscillating between “countering” either Russia or China – sometimes attempting to pursue both trends as in Biden’s “dual… Read More ›
Russia Has A Better Chance Of Mediating Afghan-Pakistani Tensions Than China Does
Russia Has A Better Chance Of Mediating Afghan-Pakistani Tensions Than China Does By Andrew Korybko Russia’s grand geo-economic plans in this part of Eurasia are dependent on the resolution of these tensions, while China’s will continue being advanced regardless of whatever… Read More ›
The US’ Coercion Of Panama Over The Canal Presages Impending Military Tensions With China
The US’ Coercion Of Panama Over The Canal Presages Impending Military Tensions With China By Andrew Korybko The US wants to preemptively neutralize as many of the means as possible through which China could asymmetrically respond to this scenario in plausibly… Read More ›
Why Did Trump Just Repost His Threat To Impose 100% Tariffs On BRICS Countries?
Why Did Trump Just Repost His Threat To Impose 100% Tariffs On BRICS Countries? By Andrew Korybko A full-fledged economic pressure campaign by the US against the BRICS countries might be imminent. Trump reposted late November’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plans To Build An Iron Dome For America
Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plans To Build An Iron Dome For America By Andrew Korybko This is a game-changer in the New Cold War since it’ll take the US’ rivalry with Russia and China to a qualitatively more dangerous level through… Read More ›
Here Is Why Russian-Pakistani Defence Cooperation Will Likely Remain Limited
Here Is Why Russian-Pakistani Defence Cooperation Will Likely Remain Limited By Andrew Korybko The few extra bucks that Russia could make from any hypothetical sale of high-tech weapons systems to Pakistan wouldn’t come anywhere close to compensating for the way in… Read More ›
The Example That Trump Made Out Of Colombia Will Reverberate Across The World
The Example That Trump Made Out Of Colombia Will Reverberate Across The World By Andrew Korybko Trump is preparing for negotiations with Putin over Ukraine as well as with Xi over trade and likely also Taiwan, so he’d appear weak in… Read More ›
2025 Might Be A Difficult Year For Sino-Pak Ties
2025 Might Be A Difficult Year For Sino-Pak Ties By Andrew Korybko Here’s the full interview that I gave to VOA China’s FM Shakil on this subject, excerpts of which were published in their report on 20 January titled “安全和阿富汗问题将考验2025年中国与巴基斯坦的关系” Sino-Pak… Read More ›