Russia Slams US Over Maduro Capture, Warns of Renewed Imperialism In Latin America By Andrew Korybko Russia Uses UN Platform to Rally Global South Against US Actions in Venezuela. Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia shared his country’s official response to the US’ capture of… Read More ›
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From Iron Dome To T-DOME: Israel’s Taiwan Ties Alarm China
From Iron Dome To T-DOME: Israel’s Taiwan Ties Alarm China By Uriel Araujo Israel’s expanding ties with Taiwan, particularly in missile defence, are quietly reshaping regional geopolitics and alarming Beijing. In this context, even small defence transfers could undermine years of… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Investigation Appears To Be On The Brink Of Implicating Zelensky
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 ›
Trump 2.0’s National Security Strategy: Restoring U.S. Primacy Or Retreating To The Hemisphere
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 ›
Sharaa Envisages Russia Helping Him Build The “New Syria”
Sharaa Envisages Russia Helping Him Build The “New Syria” By Andrew Korybko They’re embarking on a joint post-modern “nation-building mission” similar in spirit to the dozens that Russia’s Soviet predecessor was famous for across the Global South. Syrian President Ahmed “Jolani”… Read More ›
Putin’s Master Plan For The Russian Arctic And Far East Will Speed Up The Global South’s Rise
Putin’s Master Plan For The Russian Arctic And Far East Will Speed Up The Global South’s Rise By Andrew Korybko The end result might be the world’s bifurcation into the US-led “Global West” and the Chinese-led Global South. Putin elaborated on… Read More ›
The SCO And BRICS Play Complementary Roles In Gradually Transforming Global Governance
The SCO And BRICS Play Complementary Roles In Gradually Transforming Global Governance By Andrew Korybko The processes that are unfolding will take a lot of time to complete, perhaps even a generation or longer, so expectations of a swift transition to… Read More ›
India Defied US Pressure To Dump Russia For These Five Reasons
India Defied US Pressure To Dump Russia For These Five Reasons By Andrew Korybko The common denominator is India’s rivalry with China. Trump recently made a show of doubling his 25% tariffs on India as punishment for its continued purchase of… Read More ›
France Becomes First G7 Nation To Recognize Palestine, Raising Strategic Questions For NATO
France Becomes First G7 Nation To Recognize Palestine, Raising Strategic Questions For NATO By Uriel Araujo Paris’ recognition of Palestine, a G7 first, signals a seismic shift in European diplomacy, further isolating Israel and straining NATO’s unity. Rooted in France’s somewhat… Read More ›
From Bombs To Benefits: Laos And Russia’s Military-Political Trade-Off
From Bombs To Benefits: Laos And Russia’s Military-Political Trade-Off By Andrew Korybko Laos would bolster its geopolitical balancing act while Russia could experiment with a new military-political partnership model that it might then fine-tune for its other Global South partners. Ukraine’s… Read More ›