Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’ in ‘Geopolitics’

He himself presumably knows that the group can’t realistically accomplish this, but by proposing as much to Modi during their call over the weekend, the Iranian leader might envisage this year’s BRICS chair India presiding over a joint statement that then kickstarts Delhi-mediated ceasefire talks. · Andrew Korybko · The Iranian Embassy in India reported that President Masoud Pezeshkian suggested to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during…

Israel might hope to embolden its close Azerbaijani partner to push through the Trans-Caspian Pipeline with Turkmenistan once the war is over due to its new naval advantage over Iran, but Russia has always opposed this project too, and it might actively obstruct it and thus nullify these plans. · Andrew Korybko · Israel claimed to have destroyed several vessels from Iran’s Caspian Fleet last week despite them having no role in the Third Gulf…

The liberal premier is exploiting the conservative president’s veto of a €44 billion strings-attached EU military loan to fearmonger about this scenario far ahead of fall 2027’s next parliamentary elections in the hopes of spooking on-the-fence voters in these expected neck-and-neck polls into supporting him. · Andrew Korybko · Poland’s ruling liberal-globalist coalition is furious with conservative President Karol Nawrocki for vetoing a…

They might not want US hawks to obsess over the scandalous optics of Trump 2.0 continuing its talks with Russia while Russia is helping Iran kill US troops, which could manipulate the public into pressuring Trump 2.0 into ending these talks for good. · Andrew Korybko · Putin’s envoy to the US Kirill Dmitriev retweeted Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna’s condemnation of Politico’s latest report alleging that he conveyed Putin’s proposal for…

Trump rejected Israel's South Pars strike and blasted NATO as "cowards" — both serve Britain's Great Game. The Japan deal shows what replaces it: sovereign energy, nuclear power, and critical minerals. · Susan Kokinda · President Trump publicly rejected Israel's strike on Iran's South Pars gas field and criticized NATO for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, arguing both reflect a long-running “Great Game” strategy…

Clandestine · VERY interesting 👀 · Trump once again calls out NATO for not willing to help with the Strait of Hormuz. · Then Trump calls on Japan and CHINA to help out, since they are the ones who use it most. · If Trump can get China to help, that would be COLOSSAL! The optics would be perfect. If China helps, that would solidify that this operation with Iran had global support, even from our perceived geopolitical adversaries, like…

Paying taxes doesn’t make one complicit in a conflict nor correspondingly a legitimate target therein. · Andrew Korybko · Zelensky told anti-government Belarusian media last month that “Russians who pay taxes and thereby support the army, or those who are mobilized into it, are outright criminals.” The innuendo is that they’re participants in the conflict and that this therefore justifies attacks against them. In fact, this is the same…

Megan Dobrodt - The evacuation of Boston: The greatest empire was driven out of Boston by a weaker force, and demonstration that it is principle, and not force, that ultimately governs human events. Painting by William James Aylward · On March 17, 1776, 120 British ships carrying 11,000 troops and many loyalists besides, evacuated Boston Harbor after an eleven-month siege, under the steady gaze of the heavy cannons installed by General…

Trump has been testing NATO for months and is now seriously considering leaving after European allies refused to defend Strait of Hormuz shipping, confirming his view that NATO plays "stupid games" while the U.S. pays the costs. · Barbara Boyd · Barbara Boyd argues President Trump has been testing NATO for months and is now seriously considering leaving the alliance after European allies refused to help defend shipping in the…

In this interview, the hosts argue that the Iran war should not be seen as an isolated event or the result of recent political decisions alone, but as part of a much longer-term global agenda. Their guest, David Icke, claims the conflict has been planned for decades and says Donald Trump is not the architect of events, but a vehicle being used within a larger power structure. · Icke describes history as a sequence of “creative destruction,”…