Rubio’s Sharp Rebuke Of Zelensky Clarified A Crucial Nuance By Andrew Korybko Casual observers might have misinterpreted Zelensky’s claim as suggesting that the US would extend security guarantees to Ukraine if it withdraws from Donbass even if that doesn’t end the… Read More ›
Lukashenko Is Acting Suspiciously Again By Andrew Korybko He promised to attend the next Peace Board meeting despite the US humiliating him by refusing to grant his representatives visas to the inaugural one that he couldn’t attend, insists that the US… Read More ›
Trump 2.0’s Vision Of “NATO 3.0” Perfectly Aligns With All Of The Administration’s Policies By Andrew Korybko To be clear, NATO’s “return to factory settings” won’t automatically entail the success of the US’ grand strategy, but it must be understood in… Read More ›
How Did Pakistan End Up As The Most Likely Mediator Between The US And Iran? By Andrew Korybko It’s important to remind everyone that those two’s possible agreement to hold talks through a mediator would be more significant than whoever does… Read More ›
The New Energy Realpolitik: Lavrov’s Warning About Trump 2.0’s Quest For Global Dominance By Andrew Korybko Russia’s threat perception of the US is growing as a result of stalled peace talks, increasing pressure to enter into even more concessions than were… Read More ›
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 ›
Pakistan’s Missile Program Is Back In The US’ Crosshairs By Andrew Korybko The “golden age” of US-Pakistani ties that began with Trump’s return is now over after the US reached its interim trade deal with India. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi… 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 ›
Why Might The Kremlin And The White House Be Covering Up Russian Intel Aid To Iran? By Andrew Korybko They might not want US hawks to obsess over the scandalous optics of Trump 2.0 continuing its talks with Russia while Russia… Read More ›
Where Is Netanyahu? Questions Mount Over Who Really Runs US And Israeli Policy By Uriel Araujo Joe Kent’s resignation and Netanyahu’s unexplained absences are fuelling doubts about who truly directs both US and Israeli policy. Speculation over influence networks, AI-edited videos,… Read More ›