From Non-Alignment To Multi-Alignment: How The Global South Is Navigating The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko Multi-alignment’s pragmatism has been demonstrated by China, which is the US’ systemic rival, but even it doesn’t actively oppose the West like Russia does… Read More ›
Geopolitics
From Hormuz To Malacca: How The Iran War Is Reshaping The Indian Ocean
From Hormuz To Malacca: How The Iran War Is Reshaping The Indian Ocean By Uriel Araujo The crisis around the Strait of Hormuz and the US-Iran war is not confined to the Persian Gulf, as its impacts extend into the Indian… Read More ›
Trump’s Arctic Pressure Pushes Canada And Europe Toward Russia
Trump’s Arctic Pressure Pushes Canada And Europe Toward Russia By Uriel Araujo Trump’s growing pressure on Canada and Europe (over Greenland and now Iceland) is exposing the limits of a purely trans-Atlantic approach to Arctic governance. With Russia being a key… Read More ›
Russia’s New 1945 War Monument Signals The Revival Of Its Historic Rivalry With Japan
Russia’s New 1945 War Monument Signals The Revival Of Its Historic Rivalry With Japan By Andrew Korybko It wasn’t Russia that’s responsible for this, but the US, which refused to allow its de facto Japanese protectorate to settle their dispute over… Read More ›
Could Washington Deploy Ukraine’s Veterans In Latin America Under A New Monroe Doctrine?
Could Washington Deploy Ukraine’s Veterans In Latin America Under A New Monroe Doctrine? By Uriel Araujo The conflicts in Ukraine and Iran are transforming asymmetric warfare, from FPV drones to electronic war. Latin American veterans and criminal groups are already entering… Read More ›
Why Won’t China Cut Ukraine Off From Drone-Related Sales?
Why Won’t China Cut Ukraine Off From Drone-Related Sales? By Andrew Korybko Indefinitely perpetuating the Ukrainian Conflict through these means indefinitely delays the full implementation of the US’ planned “Pivot (back) to (East) Asia”, can lead to Russia selling its natural… Read More ›
Norway’s Seizure Of A Russian Research Vessel Brings The New Cold War To The Arctic
Norway’s Seizure Of A Russian Research Vessel Brings The New Cold War To The Arctic By Andrew Korybko Regarding the bigger picture, the artificial exacerbation of regional tensions through these means can spark closer coordination within the Viking Bloc, which refers… Read More ›
Sweden’s Finnish Border Deployment Revives Its Historic Rivalry With Russia
Sweden’s Finnish Border Deployment Revives Its Historic Rivalry With Russia By Andrew Korybko Sweden will help Finland patrol its land and sea borders with Russia. It was assessed in May after the Russian Ambassador’s interview with TASS that “Finland Is On… Read More ›
The Violent GUR-SBU Rivalry Could Shape Ukraine’s Political Future
The Violent GUR-SBU Rivalry Could Shape Ukraine’s Political Future By Andrew Korybko Both of them are closely tied to the CIA, but they also retain some autonomy, which means that last week’s shootout wasn’t necessarily orchestrated by the US and could… Read More ›
How Realistic Is Tusk’s Proposal For A Baltic Sub-Bloc Within NATO?
How Realistic Is Tusk’s Proposal For A Baltic Sub-Bloc Within NATO? By Andrew Korybko The northwestern flank of the new “cordon sanitaire” around Russia might soon harden. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk predictably opined on his country’s contemporary military-security policy during… Read More ›