Will Trump Choose Turkey Over Israel? NATO’s “Turkish Question” Comes To A Head By Uriel Araujo As Trump embraces Turkey’s Erdogan and opens the door to F-35 sales, Israel increasingly fears isolation. Long-simmering tensions within NATO are now exploding into view,… Read More ›
France’s “Forward Deterrence” Risks Triggering A Nuclear Crisis With Russia By Andrew Korybko France’s planned deployment of nuclear-armed Rafale jets armed in the Arctic, Central Europe, and possibly also the Balkans poses a qualitatively new strategic threat to Russia. The announcement in late… Read More ›
The Nuclearization Of Europe And Russia’s Strategic Fears By Uriel Araujo Moscow’s claims about a possible European nuclear role in Ukraine are being portrayed as “propaganda” in the West, yet recent developments make the issue harder to ignore. France’s expanding deterrence… Read More ›
Indo-Pakistani Rivalry Reshaping Global Geopolitics: A Conflict Neither Local Nor Over By Uriel Araujo The long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan is not confined to South Asia. The rivalry is entangling the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Eurasian alliances — posing… Read More ›
Navigating The Aegean: Greek-Turkish Rivalry And NATO’s Growing Fractures By Uriel Araujo Ongoing Greece-Turkiye disputes over Aegean and Mediterranean claims expose NATO’s internal divisions, as Turkiye’s aggressive “Blue Homeland” doctrine and neo-Ottoman ambitions clash with Greece’s defensive militarization, undermining the alliance’s… Read More ›
European Air Defence Might Be Divided Into Two Spheres Of Influence By Andrew Korybko Germany might directly manage the northern half while France and Italy (senior and junior partners correspondingly) do the same with the southern one. Politico reported that “Von… Read More ›
Greece’s Arming Of Ukraine With Russian Wares At The US’ Behest Will Ruin Ties With Moscow By Andrew Korybko Simply put, the US is setting Greece up to become a long-term vassal, but its leaders either don’t realize it or don’t… Read More ›
Turkiye Turned Out To Be A More Trustworthy Military Partner For Russia Than Greece By Andrew Korybko The lesson to be learned is that a shared vision over the future of the international system is much more important in determining the… Read More ›
How Are France And Russia Influencing The Greek-Turkish Rivalry? By Andrew Korybko The common denominator driving France and Russia’s newly enhanced military partnerships with rivals Greece and Turkey respectively is those two Eastern Mediterranean countries’ concerns about their shared American ally’s… Read More ›