Macron’s Proposed Nuclear Umbrella For Europe: Much Ado About Nothing By Uriel Araujo Macron is offering Europe something he does not have, to counter a threat that does not really exist the way he describes it. France’s President Emmanuel Macron announced last week… Read More ›
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Analysing Trump’s Latest Sanctions Threat Against Russia
Analysing Trump’s Latest Sanctions Threat Against Russia By Andrew Korybko The problem appears to be that there isn’t yet enough trust between Russia and the US to fully overcome their security dilemma in spite of the impressive progress that’s been made… Read More ›
Ukraine Already Kinda Has Article 5 Guarantees From Some NATO Countries
Ukraine Already Kinda Has Article 5 Guarantees From Some NATO Countries By Andrew Korybko Considering that Article 5 always left the option of armed force up to each individual member, which remains the case with each of the bilateral “security guarantees”… 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 ›
Will Ukraine’s Future Be As A “Buffer State” Or A “Bridge State”?
Will Ukraine’s Future Be As A “Buffer State” Or A “Bridge State”? By Andrew Korybko This scenario is increasingly in America and Russia’s shared interests vis-à-vis their “New Détente”. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban predicted late last month that “Ukraine, or what remains… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From Trump’s Fateful Decision To Freeze All Military Aid To Ukraine
Five Takeaways From Trump’s Fateful Decision To Freeze All Military Aid To Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Transatlantic ties, Russian-US relations, and the nature of American hegemony are all transforming before everyone’s eyes as Trump makes bold moves to force Zelensky to… Read More ›
It’s The Energy, Stupid! Trump, Musk, And The Global Race For Minerals And AI
It’s The Energy, Stupid! Trump, Musk, And The Global Race For Minerals And AI By Uriel Araujo Trump might be bent on “ending the Ukrainian war”, as he puts it, but there will be plenty of other wars to be fought…. Read More ›
Zelensky Picked His Fight With Trump And Vance After Getting Cold Feet About Making Peace
Zelensky Picked His Fight With Trump And Vance After Getting Cold Feet About Making Peace By Andrew Korybko Zelensky was triggered after realizing that the Trump Administration wants to coerce him into peace with Putin and won’t be manipulated into prolonging,… Read More ›
Israel Votes Against Ukraine: The Evolving Dynamics Of US-Israel Relations Under Trump
Israel Votes Against Ukraine: The Evolving Dynamics Of US-Israel Relations Under Trump By Uriel Araujo When it comes to the special US-Israeli relationship, there might be a price to pay, and Trump is sending Israel the bill. Israel might even stop… Read More ›
GUR Chief’s Fearmongering About A Russian Invasion Of Poland Is A Response To The Latest Polls
GUR Chief’s Fearmongering About A Russian Invasion Of Poland Is A Response To The Latest Polls By Andrew Korybko He hopes to shift Polish public opinion in support of dispatching peacekeepers after May’s presidential election. GUR chief Kirill Budanov fearmongered earlier… Read More ›