Fuel, Food, And Fragility: How the American-Israeli War With Iran Is Alienating The Global South By Uriel Araujo The Global South faces rising inflation, food insecurity, and debt risks as the Iran war disrupts global markets. Oil price spikes and potentially… Read More ›
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The New Energy Realpolitik: Lavrov’s Warning About Trump 2.0’s Quest For Global Dominance
The New Energy Realpolitik: Lavrov’s Warning About Trump 2.0’s Quest For Global Dominance By Andrew Korybko Russia’s threat perception of the US is growing as a result of stalled peace talks, increasing pressure to enter into even more concessions than were… Read More ›
The Shadow Front: How the Iran Crisis Is Fuelling The New Af-Pak Conflict
The Shadow Front: How the Iran Crisis Is Fuelling The New Af-Pak Conflict By Uriel Araujo The deadly Kabul hospital strike signals a dangerous escalation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict. As global attention centres on Iran, a parallel crisis deepens. Economic isolation,… Read More ›
Assessing The Economist’s Argument That Trump Has No Good Options In Iran
Assessing The Economist’s Argument That Trump Has No Good Options In Iran By Andrew Korybko Of these four, the relatively least bad from the perspective of Trump 2.0’s interests are talking and escalating, the first if its interests are taken at… Read More ›
Putin’s Top Aide Patrushev: The Third Gulf War Could Destabilize Afro-Eurasia for Years
Putin’s Top Aide Patrushev: The Third Gulf War Could Destabilize Afro-Eurasia for Years By Andrew Korybko The “negative impacts on the agro-industrial complex in Asia, Africa, and Europe” can lead to widespread starvation, while “the shutdown of energy-intensive industries in Japan,… Read More ›
Where Is Netanyahu? Questions Mount Over Who Really Runs US And Israeli Policy
Where Is Netanyahu? Questions Mount Over Who Really Runs US And Israeli Policy By Uriel Araujo Joe Kent’s resignation and Netanyahu’s unexplained absences are fuelling doubts about who truly directs both US and Israeli policy. Speculation over influence networks, AI-edited videos,… Read More ›
“Not One Molecule”? How The War In Iran Is Forcing Europe’s Strategic Retreat To Russian Energy
“Not One Molecule”? How The War In Iran Is Forcing Europe’s Strategic Retreat To Russian Energy By Uriel Araujo Brussels maintains its hard-line rhetoric on Russian gas, yet internal divisions and energy shocks are growing. Trump’s moves and Middle East escalation… Read More ›
Is The Middle East Crisis Political Or Religious? The Case For A Theological War
Is The Middle East Crisis Political Or Religious? The Case For A Theological War By Dr Maqsood Jafri I had already written in some of articles that Israel-Palestine Conflict is not a political issue or territorial dispute. Basically, it is… Read More ›
Sacrificing Seoul For Tel Aviv: The Global Geopolitical Ripple Effects Of The Iran War
Sacrificing Seoul For Tel Aviv: The Global Geopolitical Ripple Effects Of The Iran War By Uriel Araujo The redeployment of THAAD defences from South Korea to the Middle East reflects the widening geopolitical shockwaves of the Iran conflict. While Seoul diplomatically… Read More ›
Russia’s Middle East Doctrine: Analysing Sergey Lavrov’s Response To The Third Gulf War
Russia’s Middle East Doctrine: Analysing Sergey Lavrov’s Response To The Third Gulf War By Andrew Korybko Many mistakenly believe that Russia is allied with Iran against the Gulf Kingdoms and Israel, but the reality is that it’s always carefully balanced between… Read More ›