Indonesia’s Strategic Embrace Of North Korea May Rewrite Indo-Pacific Power Dynamics By Uriel Araujo A landmark visit to North Korea has revived Indonesia-Pyongyang ties and raised questions about Jakarta’s long-term strategy. As Indonesia modernizes its defence and hedges between global powers,… Read More ›
Putin’s Master Plan For The Russian Arctic And Far East Will Speed Up The Global South’s Rise By Andrew Korybko The end result might be the world’s bifurcation into the US-led “Global West” and the Chinese-led Global South. Putin elaborated on… Read More ›
Russia-North Korea Alliance Signals A Broader Eurasian Realignment By Uriel Araujo The Russia–North Korea alliance, sealed in a 2024 treaty, marks a major geopolitical shift in Northeast Asia. Moving past isolation, Pyongyang gains access to energy and technology while aligning with… Read More ›
From Bombs To Benefits: Laos And Russia’s Military-Political Trade-Off By Andrew Korybko Laos would bolster its geopolitical balancing act while Russia could experiment with a new military-political partnership model that it might then fine-tune for its other Global South partners. Ukraine’s… Read More ›
Why Did Russia Officially Acknowledge North Korea’s Military Assistance In Kursk? By Andrew Korybko Russia wants the world to know that North Korea might play a larger role in the conflict. Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov’s acknowledgement that North… Read More ›
BRICS And The Ukraine Ceasefire: Reimagining Global Mediation In A Multipolar Order By Uriel Araujo Moscow’s push for BRICS nations—China, India, Brazil, South Africa—and North Korea to join Ukraine ceasefire talks, alongside Belarus’s BRICS security summit proposal, underscores the bloc’s role… Read More ›
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 ›
Did The US Have A Hand In South Korea’s Attempted Coup? By Uriel Araujo South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in South Korea against alleged “pro-North Korean anti-state forces”, in what is being described as an attempt to… Read More ›
The Triggers For And Consequences Of Russia’s Possible Missile Deployment To The Asia-Pacific By Andrew Korybko The Kremlin wants to fulfil its allied commitments to North Korea and highlight its relevance in that part of Eurasia, both goals of which are… Read More ›
Exposing The Hypocrisy Of South Korea’s Response To Rumours Of The North Fighting Ukraine By Andrew Korybko It’s surprising that South Korea prefers for there to be more North Korean troops along the DMZ to fight against in the event that… Read More ›