The Accidental Pact: How A Missile Strike On Qatar Redefined US Regional Strategy By Uriel Araujo Trump’s unprecedented military guarantee to Qatar caught analysts off guard. What began as a reactive move to an Israeli strike could now reshape US relations… Read More ›
Iran
Would The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Railway Be Good Or Bad For Russia?
Would The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Railway Be Good Or Bad For Russia? By Andrew Korybko The supplementary economic benefits and perceived acceleration of multipolar trends might appeal to Russia, but the latent military-strategic threats to its interests arguably outweigh them. The “New Rules”… Read More ›
Water Wars Strike Again: How Afghanistan’s Canal Project Could Reshape Eurasia’s Geopolitics
Water Wars Strike Again: How Afghanistan’s Canal Project Could Reshape Eurasia’s Geopolitics By Uriel Araujo As Kabul pushes forward with the Qosh Tepa Canal, Central Asia faces rising water tensions. Comparisons with India-Pakistan and lessons from other river disputes may shed… Read More ›
Iran’s Planned Railway To The Black Sea Will Be Dependent On Azerbaijan
Iran’s Planned Railway To The Black Sea Will Be Dependent On Azerbaijan By Andrew Korybko A popular Telegram channel falsely claimed that this is a “checkmate to US/Zangezur plans” and even shared a map showing a different route than what was… Read More ›
Iran Hopes That CPEC Branding Will Secure More Investment From China
Iran Hopes That CPEC Branding Will Secure More Investment From China By Andrew Korybko Rebranding existing logistics corridors across its territory as part of CPEC is a means to this end. Iran’s Mehr News Agency and others reported that one of their country’s leading economic… Read More ›
Iran’s Mass Expulsion Of Afghans Poses A Dilemma For Many Of Its Supporters
Iran’s Mass Expulsion Of Afghans Poses A Dilemma For Many Of Its Supporters By Andrew Korybko Most of them are opposed to the expulsion of any illegal immigrants, yet self-censoring their criticism of Iran’s policy discredits their criticisms of Trump’s similar… Read More ›
Claims About Russia’s Unreliability As An “Ally” To Iran Are Based On A False Premise
Claims About Russia’s Unreliability As An “Ally” To Iran Are Based On A False Premise By Andrew Korybko Russia never agreed to any secret military clauses in its updated strategic partnership pact with Iran. Mainstream Media (MSM) outlets from The Telegraph to the New… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Iran And Israel Agreed To A Ceasefire
Five Reasons Why Iran And Israel Agreed To A Ceasefire By Andrew Korybko Nobody saw it coming. Iran and Israel surprised the world by agreeing to a ceasefire precisely at the point when most observers expected their war to spiral out of control…. Read More ›
US Intervention In Iran-Israel Conflict Can Destroy Trump’s “MAGA”, And Trigger An American Recession
US Intervention In Iran-Israel Conflict Can Destroy Trump’s “MAGA”, And Trigger An American Recession By Uriel Araujo Escalating Iran-Israel tensions with Washington embarking on the war expected to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz, spiking oil prices, and destabilizing the US dollar,… Read More ›
Trump Let Himself Be Led By Israel Into Bombing Iran
Trump Let Himself Be Led By Israel Into Bombing Iran By Andrew Korybko Bibi, other members of the Israeli government, and anti-Iranian hawks within Trump’s own convinced him that a window of opportunity has opened up to knock Iran out of… Read More ›