Trump 2.0 Must Urgently Declare Its Position Towards Poland’s Nuclear Weapons Plans By Andrew Korybko Telling it to stand down would avert the potentially uncontrollable proliferation of nukes in the post-START world while turning a blind eye towards France’s possible assistance,… Read More ›
Any New Strategic Arms Control Pact Between Russia And The US Hinges On China’s Participation By Andrew Korybko The US’ retention of its nuclear superiority vis-à-vis China is non-negotiable, so it’ll either unilaterally maintain its existing edge outside of strategic arms… Read More ›
What’s Driving The US’ Reported Decision To Re‑Station Tactical Nukes In The UK By Andrew Korybko It’s possible that the US – whether under Trump 2.0 or whichever administration, including a possible Democrat one, comes afterwards – might agree to transfer… Read More ›
What’s The Likelihood Of A Global Nuclear Arms Race? By Andrew Korybko Russia and China are expected to reciprocally respond to the US’ potential development of new nukes and/or new nuke tests after it just let the New START lapse, which… Read More ›
Declassified Bush-Putin Memos Reveal U.S. Push For “Usable” Nuclear Weapons And Roots Of Russia-West Rift By Uriel Araujo Newly declassified NSA files reveal candid Bush–Putin conversations on NATO, Ukraine, and missile defence. The documents also expose US discussions about developing smaller… Read More ›
Trump’s Nuclear Test Plans Might Be Meant To Manipulate Russia Into An Escalation With Europe By Andrew Korybko Any reciprocal nuclear test by Russia could serve as the pretext for the US approving France and/or the UK sharing their nukes with… Read More ›
The U.S. Is Expected To Tacitly Back Poland’s Nuclear Weapons Plans By Andrew Korybko Accusations of hypocrisy will abound due to its opposition to others’ reported such plans, but negative media coverage is the only consequence that’ll likely follow since Russia… Read More ›
Trump’s Nuclear Threats To Russia Spark Fears Of Atomic War By Uriel Araujo Donald Trump’s revelation that he ordered nuclear submarines closer to Russia has ignited a new phase in US-Russia tensions, which drew warnings even from hawks like John Bolton…. Read More ›
Trump’s Beef With Medvedev Just Went Nuclear By Andrew Korybko His dramatic deployment of two nuclear submarines near Russia serves three political purposes. Trump announced on Friday that the US will deploy two nuclear submarines near Russia in response to former President and… Read More ›
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 ›