The US Agency For Global Media’s Dissolution Could Lead To A Revival Of American Soft Power By Andrew Korybko American soft power operations in this new era that’ll likely follow USAID and USAGM’s far-reaching reforms under Trump 2.0 will be more… Read More ›
Poland’s Talk About Obtaining Nukes Is Likely A Misguided Negotiation Tactic With The US By Andrew Korybko The last thing that Trump wants is for the US to be drawn back into another war with Russia after “Pivoting (back) to Asia”,… Read More ›
France’s Next Quarterly Nuclear Drills Might Become Prestige-Building Exercises With Poland By Andrew Korybko Poland might participate in these exercises in order to send a strong anti-Russian signal, but the extent to which it might pivot towards France and away from… Read More ›
Trump’s War On Mexican Cartels: A Dangerous Gamble To Satisfy The Military-Industrial Complex By Uriel Araujo Trump might need to pick his war, either in the Middle East or closer home – with potentially catastrophic consequences. It seems the plan is… Read More ›
Assessing Russian Hardliners’ Reportedly Envisaged Endgame In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko While there might indeed be some Russian hardliners who think that peace talks should just be a ruse for buying time to make more military gains, such attitudes don’t reflect… Read More ›
Will Putin Agree To A Ceasefire? By Andrew Korybko There are five compelling arguments for either scenario. Ukraine just agreed to a month-long ceasefire after talks with the US in Jeddah, but it’s conditional on Russia agreeing to the same, which remains uncertain…. Read More ›
Russian Spies Warn That The UK Is Trying To Sabotage Trump’s Envisaged “New Détente” By Andrew Korybko Trump 2.0 must become aware of the threat that the UK poses to its plans and respond accordingly to defend the US’ interests. Russia’s Foreign… Read More ›
Trump’s Strategic Ambitions In Afghanistan: Challenges And Implications For US-Pakistan Relations By Andrew Korybko Geographic reasons make this a practical necessity if he wants to restore the US’ military presence at Bagram Airbase and/or return some of the equipment that Biden… Read More ›
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 ›
Sikorski Deserved To Be Put In His Place By Musk And Rubio By Andrew Korybko Sikorski arguably sought to provoke a fake scandal with the unfriendly aim of further worsening the US’ already tense ties with the EU and NATO in… Read More ›
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