Trump’s “Paper Tiger” Bluff: Europe Duped Into Funding America’s War Narrative By Uriel Araujo Trump’s unexpected praise for Ukraine’s chances against Russia hides a deeper game. By shifting financial burdens to Europe, he may be sidestepping accountability while eyeing Arctic geopolitics…. Read More ›
Ukraine Is At The Centre Of Three Interlocking Triangles For Containing Russia By Andrew Korybko These are the 2020 Lublin Triangle (Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania), the 2022 de facto alliance between Ukraine, Poland, and the UK, and early August’s Odessa Triangle… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Moldova’s Latest Elections Were So Important By Andrew Korybko Even in the best-case scenario that their tensions remain manageable, NATO will still solidify its presence along Ukraine’s southwestern flank which also serves as the Black Sea’s north-western one,… Read More ›
The First-Ever Polish-Swedish Joint Exercise Presages Closer Cooperation Against Russia By Andrew Korybko They have historical axes to grind against Russia after its imperial predecessor state was responsible for ending their Golden Ages as Great Powers. Poland and Sweden just carried out their… Read More ›
Why Did Slovakia Pledge To Assist With Western Security Guarantees For Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Fico can’t realistically expect any relief from the EU pressure upon him if he threatened to obstruct the shipment of Ukrainian-destined arms through Slovakia after the… Read More ›
Assessing Reports That Ukraine Is Preparing A False Flag Drone Provocation Against NATO By Andrew Korybko Having captured Russian drones bomb NATO logistics hubs in Poland and Romania via a modern-day “Gleiwitz incident” could achieve Ukraine’s goal of sparking a hot… Read More ›
Polish-German Reparations Dispute: Poland’s Military-Industrial Complex As A Strategic Claim By Andrew Korybko Germany could subsidize Poland’s military-industrial complex as a form of reparations. Poland’s “Law & Justice” (PiS) party, which is its leading (but very imperfect) conservative-nationalist force, has in… Read More ›
From Proxy To Power: Poland’s Nuclear Bid Reshapes Europe’s Security Map By Uriel Araujo Poland’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities, backed by US assurances, aims to cement its role as Europe’s anti-Russian bulwark while challenging Germany’s dominance. This underreported shift risks reviving… Read More ›
Poland Envisages Indirectly Expanding The EU’s “Drone Wall” Into Ukraine By Andrew Korybko This would result in the de facto new Iron Curtain and associated NATO influence stretching up to whatever the new Russian-Ukrainian border might be by the time the… Read More ›
The EU Criticized India’s Participation In Zapad 2025 While The US Didn’t Seem To Care By Andrew Korybko The EU wants to appeal more to its eastern vanguard states by fearmongering about Russia while the US’ lack of criticism is due… Read More ›
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