Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’ in ‘Geopolitics’

The US has a moral responsibility to return Afghanistan’s seized assets, but morality doesn’t guide US policy, let alone under Trump 2.0 given its Hyper-Realist approach of declaring and then advancing national interests. · Andrew Korybko · Russia’s Permanent UN Representative Vasily Nebenzia gave a powerful speech about Afghanistan in early March. He condemned the West’s “attempts to advance a selective approach, with an emphasis on…

American companies will be among biggest beneficiaries if crude prices average $100 per barrel this year · © Getty Images / Sunshine Seeds · [RT] The United States could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global rise in energy prices which has resulted from the US-Israeli war against Iran, the Financial Times (FT) has reported, citing estimates provided by the investment bank Jefferies. · Oil prices have already…

Trump intimated that he might cut off arms sales to them for transfer to Ukraine if they reject his demand, thus likely handing Russia the victory that they’ve sought to avert for four years already, but they also don’t want to risk military losses to Iran either that could doom their politicians’ careers. · Andrew Korybko · Trump warned in an interview with the Financial Times that “If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response (to…

While media attention fixates on Iran, a broader strategic shift is unfolding as great powers act in their own sovereign interests, with Trump identifying Zelenskyy as the obstacle to peace and Russia naming Britain as the saboteur. · Susan Kokinda · Today's Monday Brief with Susan Kokinda argues that while media attention fixates on Iran, a broader strategic shift is unfolding as great powers act in their own sovereign interests.…

It’s possible that Putin’s spokesman was signaling that one, some, or all of the major terms stipulated in spring 2022’s peace deal are no longer relevant as regards the endgame that Russia has in mind. · Andrew Korybko · Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov recently said that “The reality has changed altogether” when asked about Russia’s commitment to the Istanbul Accords that were initialed in spring 2022 but ultimately derailed by the UK and…

Tucker Carlson’s possibly impending FARA charges for his communications with Iran could turn into Russiagate 2.0 if the recently revived speculation about Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin’s influence is exploited by the “deep state” to this end and evidence is cooked up to implicate him. · Andrew Korybko · Tucker Carlson announced that he heard about the CIA’s alleged plans to have him charged under the “Foreign Agents Registration Act”…

Poland is Russia’s oldest rival, fought over two dozen conflicts with it over the past millennium, and makes no secret of its intent to lead Russia’s regional containment after the end of the Ukrainian Conflict. · Andrew Korybko · Notes From Poland drew attention in January to a report conducted by the Levada Center on behalf of the German Sakharov Society titled “Russia and the World: Enemies, Competitors, Partners”. Among other tidbits, it…

Elites flood our countries with millions while they silence dissent and profit from the chaos · Dallas Ludlum · Wake up. Western nations are being deliberately dismantled. Globalist elites in Davos, Brussels, and corporate boardrooms are flooding our borders with uncontrolled migration. Their goal is clear: erase national identity, suppress wages with cheap labor, import new voting blocs, and turn sovereign countries into borderless…

Trump's 5-year plan demolishes London's Iran oil scam. Barbara Boyd exposes the Iran Terror Premium — $10 trillion drained over 25 years — and the nuclear century Trump and the Gulf States are building to replace it. · Adam Sturman · President Trump announces U.S. forces bombed military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island while leaving oil infrastructure intact, which Barbara Boyd argues reflects a doctrine and long-term strategy rather…

The bloc’s economic situation was dire even before the shocks of the Iran war, and yet it doubles down on supporting the US and Israel ByTarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of…