Iran’s Strikes On The UAE Exposed The Limits Of BRICS Unity By Andrew Korybko Iran and the UAE have polar opposite security interests vis-à-vis the US, while India took the UAE’s side over Iran’s arguably due to its nearly 100x greater… Read More ›
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Steel, Rail, And Oil: The Roadmap For A New Era In Russia-Pakistan Ties
Steel, Rail, And Oil: The Roadmap For A New Era In Russia-Pakistan Ties By Andrew Korybko For as promising as the opportunities that he discussed are, the US still wields a de facto veto over “Major Non-NATO Ally” Pakistan’s cooperation with… Read More ›
Russia Faces Five Geostrategic Challenges As The Special Operation Enters Its Fifth Year
Russia Faces Five Geostrategic Challenges As The Special Operation Enters Its Fifth Year By Andrew Korybko As it’s always done, Russia is expected to ensure its sovereignty, security, and thus its survival through the creative interplay between its political, military, intelligence,… Read More ›
A Senior Russian Expert Outlines Moscow’s Assessment Of India’s Pro‑US Shift
A Senior Russian Expert Outlines Moscow’s Assessment Of India’s Pro‑US Shift By Andrew Korybko His last words imply that Russia’s response to its potential loss of billions of dollars a year in energy and maybe also military-technical exports to India, which… Read More ›
Russia’s BRICS Sherpa Debunks Speculation About The Bloc Turning Into A Security Alliance
Russia’s BRICS Sherpa Debunks Speculation About The Bloc Turning Into A Security Alliance By Andrew Korybko The timing comes amidst continued dialogue with the US and its role in mediating between Russia and Ukraine, which could abruptly end if temperamental Trump’s… Read More ›
A Venezuelan‑Style Iran Oil Blockade Could Let The US Divide And Rule RIC
A Venezuelan‑Style Iran Oil Blockade Could Let The US Divide And Rule RIC By Andrew Korybko The cascading consequences of such a blockade, which might not ultimately be imposed due it entailing a high risk of war with Iran, could simultaneously… Read More ›
Why Finnish President Stubb Won’t Convince the Global South to Abandon Multipolarity
Why Finnish President Stubb Won’t Convince the Global South to Abandon Multipolarity By Andrew Korybko This collection of countries, which is unofficially led by India (the most populous and fastest-developing state among them by far), knows that its interests are best… Read More ›
The Indo-US Trade Deal Might Sharply Shift The Direction Of The Global Systemic Transition
The Indo-US Trade Deal Might Sharply Shift The Direction Of The Global Systemic Transition By Andrew Korybko Russia might be thrown into a grand strategic dilemma over whether to rely on China to replace its lost Indian oil market at the… Read More ›
Eclipsing Kashmir: Why The Afghanistan-Pakistan Standoff Is Now South Asia’s Most Volatile Fault Line
Eclipsing Kashmir: Why The Afghanistan-Pakistan Standoff Is Now South Asia’s Most Volatile Fault Line By Uriel Araujo The Afghanistan–Pakistan border is emerging as a new epicentre of instability, amid Pakistan’s accusations against the Taliban and Kabul’s warming ties with India. Escalation… Read More ›
The “BRICS Naval Drill” That Never Was
The “BRICS Naval Drill” That Never Was By Andrew Korybko South Africa allowed this false perception to spread as a symbolic act of defiance against Trump given his hatred of BRICS, whose members and partners were invited to this drill, and… Read More ›
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