Trump’s Yemen Bombings: A Dangerous Step Towards War With Iran By Uriel Araujo Both Israel and the defence sector will benefit from further Yemen strikes, the problem is that those could be dangerous steps towards further escalation with unpredictable results—and we… Read More ›
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Here Are The Three Goals That Trump Wants To Achieve Through His Global Trade War
Here Are The Three Goals That Trump Wants To Achieve Through His Global Trade War By Andrew Korybko He hopes to strengthen the US’ supply chain sovereignty, renegotiate its ties with all countries with a view towards getting them to distance… Read More ›
Iran Lacks The Leverage For A Fair Deal With The US
Iran Lacks The Leverage For A Fair Deal With The US By Andrew Korybko It’ll therefore either have to accept a lopsided one or prepare for a major war that it might lose. Iranian-US tensions are boiling after Trump threatened to bomb Iran… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From The Latest Sectarian Violence In Syria
Five Takeaways From The Latest Sectarian Violence In Syria By Andrew Korybko The most likely scenario is that the Kristallnacht-like massacre of Alawites goes unpunished and the rebellion by some of the victims’ co-religionists is decisively defeated. Syria was rocked by sectarian… Read More ›
A Russian-US “New Détente” Would Revolutionize International Relations
A Russian-US “New Détente” Would Revolutionize International Relations By Andrew Korybko Here’s the full interview that I gave to Newsweek’s Tom O’Connor, excerpts of which were included in his article about “What A Trump-Putin Détente Means for Russia and Iran’s Partnership”…. Read More ›
Putin Might Broker An Iranian-US “New Détente” As A Reciprocal Favour To Trump
Putin Might Broker An Iranian-US “New Détente” As A Reciprocal Favour To Trump By Andrew Korybko If an Iranian-US “New Détente” follows the nascent Russian-US one, brokered as it might be by Putin as a reciprocal favour to Trump for everything… Read More ›
The Newly Signed Russian-Iranian Transit Roadmap Is Promising But Still Incomplete
The Newly Signed Russian-Iranian Transit Roadmap Is Promising But Still Incomplete By Andrew Korybko The two greatest obstacles to the North-South Transport Corridor are the Azerbaijani-Iranian security dilemma and the US’ reinstated “maximum pressure” policy against the Islamic Republic. Russia and… Read More ›
Three Takeaways From The Impending Launch Of The First Russian-Pakistani Freight Train Service
Three Takeaways From The Impending Launch Of The First Russian-Pakistani Freight Train Service By Andrew Korybko The best-case scenario would be for Pakistan to defy the US’ secondary sanctions threats against all those that do business with Iran, patch up its… Read More ›
Why Did Trump Threaten To Modify Or Rescind India’s Sanctions Waiver For Iran’s Chabahar Port?
Why Did Trump Threaten To Modify Or Rescind India’s Sanctions Waiver For Iran’s Chabahar Port? By Andrew Korybko Threatening the viability of the North-South Transport Corridor pressures Iran, India, and Russia in one fell swoop in a diplomatic-economic masterstroke. Trump 2.0… Read More ›
The Russian-Iranian Partnership Might Be A Game-Changer, But Only For Gas, Not Geopolitics
The Russian-Iranian Partnership Might Be A Game-Changer, But Only For Gas, Not Geopolitics By Andrew Korybko The future of their strategic partnership is bright, but in order to fully appreciate its prospects, observers must acknowledge its non-military nature instead of continuing… Read More ›