Trump’s New Middle East Doctrine: Is The US Sidelining Israel? By Uriel Araujo Donald Trump’s 2025 Middle East policy balances Gulf investments and coercive diplomacy, pressuring Israel to align with US interests while still sidelining Palestinian concerns. His strategic pivot, marked… Read More ›
Russia-Ukraine: The Ball’s In Trump’s Court After The Latest Istanbul Talks By Andrew Korybko The mixed signals that he sent on Friday suggest that he hasn’t made up his mind about what to do. The first bilateral Russian-Ukrainian talks in over… Read More ›
Yemen Taught Trump Some Lessons That He’d Do Well To Apply Towards Ukraine By Andrew Korybko The lessons from Trump’s Yemeni debacle could inform his future decisions on Ukraine. Five New York Times (NYT) journalists collaborated to produce a detailed report… Read More ›
US’ Anti-China Campaign And Its Impact On BRICS In The Shifting Balance Of Global Power By Uriel Araujo Building on Biden’s legacy, Trump’s approach intensifies tariffs and anti-Chinese propaganda while partially retreating from dual containment and, paradoxically, from soft power initiatives… Read More ›
Trump And The Quest For Kashmir Peace – A Historic Opportunity By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai The nation of Kashmir expresses the deepest gratitude at the forthright and principal stand taken by President Donald J. Trump for offering his office… Read More ›
Trump’s Rift With Bibi Might Be Irreconcilable By Andrew Korybko From the viewpoint of Israeli interests, this a zero-sum dilemma that it must avoid at all costs, yet Trump’s potentially irreconcilable rift with Bibi could turn this nightmare scenario into a… Read More ›
Trump’s Silence In The Face Of Zelensky’s Victory Day Threat Is Incredibly Disappointing By Andrew Korybko It hints at tacit approval of Ukraine targeting the Red Square parade this Friday. Zelensky recently followed up his rejection of Putin’s Victory Day truce by warning that the… Read More ›
Five Benefits That The US Would Reap From Coercing Ukraine Into More Concessions To Russia By Andrew Korybko Failure to do so risks another “forever war”, an Afghan-like debacle for the US, or World War III. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s recent… Read More ›
Putin’s Victory Day Truce Is Meant To Reassure Trump Of His Peaceful Intentions By Andrew Korybko Putin might be concerned that Zelensky manipulated Trump against him after their latest meeting given Trump’s subsequent angry post about Putin. The Kremlin announced on Monday that… Read More ›
Kashmir: Interpreting Trump’s Reaction To The Pahalgam Terrorist Attack By Andrew Korybko He predictably condemned the killings and unsurprisingly reaffirmed American neutrality vis-à-vis India and Pakistan in order to position the US as a mediator if their tensions spiral out of… Read More ›
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