By Ebube Bruno CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Last month, the world marked World Population Day 2025. And then it hit us: humanity now stands at an unprecedented demographic crossroads. According to the UN, the global population has surpassed 8.2 billion, and we’re on track to cross 9 billion before 2037. But here’s the kicker: the real…
One would think that the US would consider such a group to be an ally in its New Cold War with China By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – The US’ systemic rivalry with China over the contours of the emerging world order has made many assume that it backs all opponents of the People’s…
By Ebube Bruno CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – In a world where “anything goes,” we celebrate the very people we’d warn our children not to imitate. As long as they’ve been on TV and are popular, we make them ambassadors. Forget whether their character is brand-worthy; controversy becomes the selling point. So, in that jaye-jaye/pleasure first universe,…
Rebranding existing logistics corridors across its territory as part of CPEC is a means to this end. By Andrew Korybko MOSCOW (CONVERSEER) – Iran’s Mehr News Agency and others reported that one of their country’s leading economic officials discussed the possibility of it facilitating Pakistan’s trade with Russia and Europe at a meeting with his…
Lithuanians don’t want to share the legacy of their eponymous Grand Duchy with Belarusians. By Andrew Korybko VILNIUS (CONVERSEER) – Several dozen Lithuanians recently protested in Vilnius demanding that the government revoke the accreditation and funding that it gave to the local office of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. She’s the leader of Belarus’ non-systemic opposition that tried…
By Ebube Bruno ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – “Weep not, child. You have studied, burned the midnight candle, and think it will pay off? Wait till you meet your real exam — not the questions on paper, but the glitch on a screen, the fingerprint scanner that won’t read, the question paper that arrives at midnight. Bring…
Armenia might formally withdraw from the CSTO and then replace Russian troops with American PMCs. By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – US Ambassador to Turkiye Tom Barrack proposed in mid-July that his country lease the Zangezur Corridor for 100 years as a means of breaking the deadlock between Armenia and Azerbaijan over this issue….
The person best positioned for uniting the country’s fractured opposition was just “politically executed” as part of the latest Western powerplay in this former Soviet Republic. By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Leader of Moldova’s Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia Evgenia Gutsul was recently sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of illegal campaign…
The Foreign Ministers of Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine met in the eastern Polish city of Lublin in late July to mark the fifth anniversary of their “Lublin Triangle”.
Bloomberg published an update late last month about Somaliland’s long-running quest for American recognition of its 1991 redeclaration of independence.
