Decoding Xi Jinping’s No-Show at the BRICS Summit By Andrew Korybko This could stimulate US-Brazilian ties, comparatively reduce China’s role in Brazil’s balancing act if India’s role therein soon becomes more significant, and fuel Western media speculation about China’s commitment to… Read More ›
Geopolitics
It’s Premature To Predict A Crisis In US-Pakistan Relations Over Islamabad’s ICBM Program
It’s Premature To Predict A Crisis In US-Pakistan Relations Over Islamabad’s ICBM Program By Andrew Korybko Economic pressure, not military force, is a much more realistic means for the US to resolve this issue. Foreign Affairs’ recent article about “How to… Read More ›
Modi’s India And The Caribbean – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein
Modi’s India And The Caribbean By Sheikh Imran N. Hosein As Trinidad and Tobago welcomes India’s Prime Minister, while seeking to better understand, and to respond, to what now clearly appears to be the bold embrace of a new actor… Read More ›
Aliyev Expects To Rise To Global Stardom By Stirring Up Highly Publicized Trouble With Russia
Aliyev Expects To Rise To Global Stardom By Stirring Up Highly Publicized Trouble With Russia By Andrew Korybko This might backfire if the Global South perceives him to be a Western proxy and Russia intensifies its asymmetrical responses, however, so it’s… Read More ›
Russia Ukraine War: Lots Of Speculation Is Swirling Around The Sumy Front
Russia Ukraine War: Lots Of Speculation Is Swirling Around The Sumy Front By Andrew Korybko Ukraine claims that Russia is gearing up for a large-scale offensive there, a Russian security source denied any such plans, while the US is closely monitoring… Read More ›
Weaponizing Finance: De-Dollarization And The Rise Of BRICS’ New Development Bank
Weaponizing Finance: De-Dollarization And The Rise Of BRICS’ New Development Bank By Uriel Araujo BRICS’ New Development Bank is emerging as a strategic tool for the Global South in challenging dollar dominance. As it expands membership and promotes local-currency lending while… Read More ›
Why Did Erdogan Decide To Expand Turkiye’s Sphere Of Influence Eastwards?
Why Did Erdogan Decide To Expand Turkiye’s Sphere Of Influence Eastwards? By Andrew Korybko Assad’s downfall set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that now threatens Russian influence in the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, and Central Asia; i.e. its… Read More ›
Serbia’s Latest Smooth-Talking Towards Russia Is Politically Self-Serving
Serbia’s Latest Smooth-Talking Towards Russia Is Politically Self-Serving By Andrew Korybko It remains to be seen whether Serbia will keep its word and no longer indirectly arm Ukraine. Serbia surprised some observers after its President and Prime Minister assured Russia that it’ll no longer indirectly… Read More ›
The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay
The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay By Andrew Korybko Turkiye sees an opportunity to turbocharge its rise as a Eurasian Great Power along Russia’s entire southern periphery in ways that autonomously align with American… Read More ›
The Outcome Of Armenia’s Latest Round Of Unrest Will Be Pivotal For The Region’s Future
The Outcome Of Armenia’s Latest Round Of Unrest Will Be Pivotal For The Region’s Future By Andrew Korybko If Armenia becomes a joint Azeri-Turkish protectorate like Pashinyan’s opponents fear that he agreed to, then Turkiye could become a force to be… Read More ›