Articles in ‘Geopolitics’

Susan Kokinda analyzes President Trump's suggestion that Iran could someday join the Abraham Accords, arguing it reflects a foreign policy built on “real physical economics” rather than geopolitical rules. She contrasts this approach with criticism from figures like Mike Pompeo and highlights White House Communications Director Steven Cheung's sharp rebuttal. by Susan Kokinda · Kokinda points to the National Security Strategy's focus on…

by Andrew Korybko Source: Andrew Korybko Substack · Three waves of Ukrainian drones struck a dormitory in Starobelsk, a town in Russia’s formerly Ukrainian Lugansk Region, last week in an attack that killed nearly two dozen students. Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN brought it up at an emergency meeting only to be met with denials by Ukraine that any attack had even taken place despite indisputable evidence to the contrary. About…

by Andrew Korybko Source: Andrew Korybko Substack · There’s recently been a flurry of news about the increasingly interconnected Arctic and Baltic fronts of the New Cold War. The UK announced a new multinational naval initiative to contain Russia in these seas, which followed the Russian Ambassadors to Finland and Norway warning about threats from them. Prior to all of this, some Russian sources accused the Baltic States of allowing Ukrainian…

By Promethean Updates · Barbara Boyd argues Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation as DNI was driven by a family medical crisis — her husband Abraham Williams’ diagnosis with a rare bone cancer — and not by Iran-policy disputes, while claiming Reuters and online narratives framed it as an Intelligence Community “victory.” · Boyd says Gabbard’s work centered on declassifications tied to Russiagate, the 2019 impeachment effort, 2020 election issues, Havana…

The Midweek Update · Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s “No Money for Terror” message at the G7 is framed as sanctions on Iran, but Susan Kokinda argues that the real warning is aimed elsewhere. · According to the discussion, the focus is not simply on Iran itself, but on what are described as “excuses” and financial structures allegedly enabling terror financing through shell companies in Europe, shadow banking systems in the Middle East, and…

By Clandestine · REMINDER · Russia and China are protective over Ukraine and Taiwan, because the people of these nations share bloodlines with their parent nations. · This matters when it comes to genome-specific biological weapons, which Russia and China directly addressed. · RFK Jr. addressed this as well, back in July 2023. He brought up a topic that I have covered extensively, which is all the biolabs in Ukraine and Taiwan, which are…

By Fall of the Cabal Official · President Trump is just back from his visit to China. He obviously didn’t go for just a general visit. He brought with him a huge delegation of top technology executives from the chip industry, finance, agriculture, aerospace, technology and payments. Mostly this indicates that negotiations have already been done and the ‘big boys’ only came along for the finishing touch and signing of the contracts. · Why is…

By Susan Kokinda · Susan Kokinda analyzes President Trump's May 14 post responding to Xi Jinping's remarks about the "Thucydides Trap," arguing media coverage framed the U.S. as declining while Trump asserted America's renewed strength. · She says the summit's real significance was Trump bringing an unprecedented delegation of top U.S. CEOs into the bilateral meeting and including the Defense Secretary, breaking a post-1972 pattern. · Kokinda…

So long as the US is willing to accept Iran spinning this as an unprecedented strategic defeat of the “Great Satan”, it’ll arguably be able to advance its actual interests much more robustly as was explained, all while giving Iran the “face-saving” pretext for significant concessions to end the war. By Andrew Korybko | May 15, 2026 · Speculation is swirling about the future of the US’ regional military presence after the Third Gulf War. While…

Barbara Boyd rebuts Slotkin's claim that Trump needs China's help over Iran, exposes the Toronto huddle of Carney, Obama, and Alex Soros, tours the booming American economy under Hegseth and Greer, and frames Trump's China trip as the prelude to a US-China-Russia renaissance. By Barbara Boyd · Barbara Boyd rebuts Senator Elissa Slotkin's claim that Trump must beg China to resolve Iran, noting China's dependence on Iranian oil and America's…