The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin By Andrew Korybko Tensions risk spiralling out of control if Trump isn’t disabused of the CIA’s false narrative that Ukraine’s recent large-scale drone attack against Novgorod Region wasn’t an attempt to assassinate Putin. Trump retweeted an… Read More ›
Why Did Trump Bomb ISIS In Nigeria On Christmas? By Andrew Korybko This might not be a one-off attack for domestic political purposes but the beginning of a campaign aimed at wresting Nigeria away from BRICS and restoring its role as… Read More ›
Trump’s Greenland Threats Reveal A Revival Of U.S. Neo‑Colonial Strategy In The Arctic By Uriel Araujo By refusing to rule out force over Greenland, Trump has unsettled European allies and reframed Arctic geopolitics. The parallels with US pressure on Venezuela point… Read More ›
Tulsi’s Assessment That Putin Doesn’t Want To Conquer All Of Ukraine Is Absolutely Correct By Andrew Korybko There are logical military and strategic reasons why he’s not interested in this whatsoever at all. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard responded to a report… Read More ›
Poland’s Balancing Act: Nawrocki On Zelensky, Russia, And Trump By Andrew Korybko His views towards all three are impressively pragmatic for a Polish President and could presage his country complying with whatever grand strategic deal the US and Russia might reach… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Investigation Appears To Be On The Brink Of Implicating Zelensky By Andrew Korybko The New York Times’ recent report about his government’s responsibility for the worst corruption scandal in Ukraine’s history suggests that the walls are closing in and… Read More ›
Neocolonialism Rebranded: Kushner, Witkoff, And Trump’s Gaza Blueprint By Uriel Araujo As Trump expands US involvement in Gaza’s postwar future, his son-in-law Kushner and his associate Witkoff are thrust into central roles, with Blair lingering on the margins. The project is… Read More ›
Cartel Links Of Obama-Era DEA Official Reveal Only the Tip Of The Iceberg By Uriel Araujo From a former DEA top official accused of laundering cartel money to high-profile presidential pardons, a disturbing pattern emerges in US drug policy. Across administrations,… Read More ›
Is Washington Officially Burying The Postwar Transatlantic Alliance? By Uriel Araujo A senior ECFR fellow warns that Washington has just buried the post-war West, while waging a scathing ideological assault on Europe’s internal failures. The “alliance” however has long had a… Read More ›
Trump 2.0’s National Security Strategy: Restoring U.S. Primacy Or Retreating To The Hemisphere By Andrew Korybko The grand strategic goal is to restore the US’ central role in the global system, but if that’s not possible and it loses control of… Read More ›
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