Here’s How Key Stakeholders Can Help Broker A Port Deal Between Ethiopia And Eritrea By Andrew Korybko

Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal Might Pave The Way For Peace If It Takes Yermak Down By Andrew Korybko He’s Zelensky’s powerbroker so his downfall could undo the already shaky alliance between the armed forces, the oligarchs, the secret police, and parliament that keeps Zelensky in power, thus pressuring him into peace, especially if his warmongering grey cardinal is no longer pushing him to keep fighting.

“There Are A Thousand Ways To Reach God, I Chose Love” By Syeda Qudsiya Mashhadi Healing Through Love: Surah Rahman And The Legacy Of Qalandar Baba Bukhari (RA) Rumi once said, “There are many ways to reach God, I chose love.” I am reminded of this as I reflect on Qalandar Baba Bukhari (RA) and the profound impact he has had on my life.

Ethiopia Strongly Suggested That Eritrea Is Following In Ukraine’s Footsteps By Andrew Korybko Its Foreign Minister’s description of Ethiopia’s grievances against Eritrea, coupled with his closing remarks about how they’re “two states that have virtually one people”, resembles Putin’s article “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” seven months before the special operation. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Gedion Timothewos gave a 

Japan Might Challenge China Sooner Than Expected By Andrew Korybko The emerging result is a “return to history” in the sense of former regional leaders restoring their lost spheres of influence with US support and all that entails for worsening tensions with the Sino-Russo Entente. It was recently assessed that “Japan Will Play A Much Greater Role In Advancing The American Agenda In Asia…

The AfD’s Parliamentary Inquiries Don’t Equate To Espionage For Russia By Andrew Korybko The ruling establishment fears that the AfD’s continued rise in spite of all prior smears could lead to the party one day breaking the “firewall” to participate in a governing coalition, possibly with the US’ behind-the-scenes support, which contextualizes their latest over-the-top attack against them. Christian Democratic Union (CDU) MP Marc Heinrichmass, who’s a member of the Parliamentary Control Committee overseeing intelligence services, 

Poland’s Railroad Sabotage Incident Is Highly Suspicious By Andrew Korybko This might be a false flag to undermine the partial de-escalation of Polish-Belarusian tensions and provoke a worsening of Russian-US ones. It also comes six weeks after Russian spies warned about a joint Polish-Ukrainian “simulated (false flag) attack on critical infrastructure in Poland”. Polish investigators claim that a railroad connecting Warsaw with Lublin was damaged by what they believe to have been an explosion.

New Cold War At America’s Doorstep — Venezuela Resists, China And Russia Respond By Uriel Araujo The US Navy’s arrival in the Caribbean intensifies Trump’s confrontation with Venezuela, raising the spectre of strikes. Meanwhile, Beijing and Moscow respond with strategic support for Caracas, underscoring the region’s multipolar turn — Latin America watches a high-risk gamble unfold. The arrival of a 

The Persistence Of Occupation: Kashmir And The Silence Of International Actors By Our Special Correspondent India’s occupation has persisted without challenge from world powers Istanbul - “Kashmir dispute is one of the oldest issues pending on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council. Its occupation by India has been left undisturbed by the international community, even though its validity has never been accepted.

What Islam Really Says About Slavery—And Why Modern Critics Get It Wrong By Yasin Abdel Magid Mekkawy al-Hasani Islam’s Teachings on Slavery, Emancipation, and Human Dignity: A Scholarly Refutation of Modern Misconceptions The topic of slavery in Islam is among the most misrepresented subjects in modern discourse. Critics often approach the subject through the lens of post-Atlantic slavery, an economic system built on race, perpetual bondage, plantation labour, and dehumanisation.

South Korea’s US-Built Nuclear Submarine Will Likely Lead To Seoul Joining AUKUS+ By Andrew Korybko Its role might remain limited to Chinese missile and submarine tracking via THAAD and its upcoming nuclear sub respectively, but this would still be of great assistance to its allies in the event of a crisis. One of the highlights from Trump’s latest tour of Asia apart from the 

How Likely Is It That Switzerland Follows The EU Into Vassalage To The US? By Andrew Korybko The US already proved in the Malaysian and Cambodian cases that it can successfully weaponize tariffs to coerce targeted states into complying with its sanctions against third countries. TASS raised awareness earlier in November about an intriguing article published by the Swiss German-language daily 

Ukraine, “Fortress America”, And The Future Of Global Governance By Andrew Korybko

Italian Newspaper Sparks Censorship Row Over Russian FM's Interview By Andrew Korybko Lavrov did indeed inject some predictable polemics into his answers, which is his style as anyone who follows him knows, but those aren’t legitimate grounds not to publish his interview. Leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera scandalously refused to publish in full the exclusive written interview with Sergey Lavrov that the Russian Foreign Ministry offered them in order to clarify Russia’s positions and with which they were eager to cooperate until they received the answers from him.

US Troop Cuts in Europe Won’t Alleviate Russia’s Security Concerns By Andrew Korybko The US is offloading most of the responsibilities for containing Russia onto Poland, the UK, France, and Germany while retaining a minimal presence along NATO’s eastern flank for “deterrence” purposes. The Romanian Defence Minister recently confirmed that the US will withdraw around half of its 2,000 troops as part of its plans to reprioritize Asia, which could include drawdowns from other countries as well.

Sudan Burns While Washington And Brussels Wash Their Hands By Uriel Araujo Sudan is now collapsing into one of the worst wars of our time. Years of Western-backed reforms, sanctions, and flawed pea…

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Armenia’s Russian-Ukrainian Grain Scandal Is More Serious Than Many Might Realize By Andrew Korybko Armenia’s potential replacement of low-cost Russian grain with more expensive Ukrainian grain could worsen its already difficult financial situation and thus prompt Azerbaijan and/or Turkiye to propose a bailout in exchange for further sovereignty concessions in its strategic southern province of Syunik. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) 

Opium Collapse In Afghanistan: Exposing 40 Years Of US Intelligence Complicity By Uriel Araujo UN confirms poppy cultivation crashed 20% in 2025, reshaping drug routes across Asia. With US intelligence long accused of profiting from Afghan heroin, the ban exposes a shadow economy that may simply relocate rather than disappear. Afghanistan’s opium fields are withering, and with them a major pillar of the global narcotics economy. 

The Next Phase Of Germany’s Nord Stream Investigation Might Further Worsen Ties With Poland By Andrew Korybko Italy’s potential extradition of a Ukrainian suspect to Germany could lead to a highly publicized (and predictably politicized) trial that implicates Poland in this unprecedented attack on a fellow NATO ally. The Wall Street Journal recently published a detailed piece about “The Nord Stream Investigation That’s Splintering Europe Over Ukraine…

Kazakhstan And Uzbekistan’s Mineral Deals Signal A New Phase In US Pressure Politics By Andrew Korybko

SBU Shields Zelensky As Ukraine’s Corruption Crisis Deepens By Andrew Korybko

A US Think Tank Considers Armenia And Kazakhstan To Be Key Players For Containing Russia By Andrew Korybko They’re fearmongering about Russia’s intentions towards those two in parallel with proposing closer US ties with them. The Washington Post recently published a piece fearmongering that Putin’s “next stop” after Ukraine might be Armenia and/or Kazakhstan, which they released in the run-up to the 

The FSB Just Foiled What Could Have Been A False Flag Provocation For The Ages By Andrew Korybko Corrupting a MiG-31 pilot armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles into defecting, only to then shoot him down near what’ll be NATO’s largest airbase in Europe, risked sparking World War III. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Ukraine and the UK of plotting a spectacular false flag provocation that could have led to led to war with NATO.

Serbia’s Continued Arming Of Ukraine Risks Rupturing Relations With Russia By Andrew Korybko Everything is proceeding according to the US’ plan, which Vucic might have even secretly agreed to. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic recently told German media that his country is eager to clinch large-scale ammo deals with the EU and doesn’t care whether they then pass his country’s wares on to Ukraine.