Germany Is Rebuilding “Fortress Europe” To Assist The US’ “Pivot (Back) To Asia” By Andrew Korybko The whole point is to leverage this geostrategic project to coerce uncomfortable compromises from Russia in the Ukrainian Conflict while facilitating the US’ “Pivot (back)… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Here’s How The Pakistani Establishment Benefits From The Latest Tensions With Iran
Here’s How The Pakistani Establishment Benefits From The Latest Tensions With Iran By Andrew Korybko Observers might expect that the exacerbation of long-running Iranian-Pakistani tensions would be against Islamabad’s interests, just like they might think the same about closer Indian-Iranian relations… Read More ›
Worsening Iranian-Pakistani Tensions Could Threaten Eurasian Integration Processes
Worsening Iranian-Pakistani Tensions Could Threaten Eurasian Integration Processes By Andrew Korybko Unless there’s an all-out conventional war between Iran and Pakistan, which isn’t expected unless their newly exacerbated but long-running security dilemma spirals out of control into one by miscalculation (perhaps… Read More ›
Pakistan’s Retaliation Against Iran Debunks The Theory That They’re Secretly Cooperating
Pakistan’s Retaliation Against Iran Debunks The Theory That They’re Secretly Cooperating By Andrew Korybko Iran absolutely wouldn’t have authorized any retaliatory Pakistani strikes on its territory like Mohammad Marandi and Pepe Escobar’s explicitly stated and strongly implied theories would respectively suggest… Read More ›
Latvia’s Planned Deportation Of Some Russians Could Set Bild’s Scenario Forecast Into Motion
Latvia’s Planned Deportation Of Some Russians Could Set Bild’s Scenario Forecast Into Motion By Andrew Korybko This thought exercise shouldn’t be misinterpreted as suggesting that a NATO-Russian war in the Baltics (and possibly stretching into the Arctic via new member Finland)… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Hoped-For “Security Guarantees” Aren’t All That They Were Hyped Up To Be
Ukraine’s Hoped-For “Security Guarantees” Aren’t All That They Were Hyped Up To Be By Andrew Korybko Far from amounting to de facto NATO membership with what Article 5 is popularly but inaccurately imagined by the public to entail, they’re just formalizations… Read More ›
The Optics And Timing Of Iran’s Strikes In Pakistan Are More Important Than The Military Impact
The Optics And Timing Of Iran’s Strikes In Pakistan Are More Important Than The Military Impact By Andrew Korybko The impression that Iran regards Pakistan as a serious security threat on par with the Israeli spy base in Iraq and ISIS… Read More ›
Leaked German War Plans Against Russia Are Aimed At Advancing The “Military Schengen” Proposal
Leaked German War Plans Against Russia Are Aimed At Advancing The “Military Schengen” Proposal By Andrew Korybko While Moscow opposes the “military Schengen” due to the ease with which it’ll facilitate NATO aggression against Belarus, Kaliningrad, and/or “mainland” Russia and regards… Read More ›
Biden Won’t Be Removed For Corruption In Ukraine But New Allegations Can Still Have An Impact
Biden Won’t Be Removed For Corruption In Ukraine But New Allegations Can Still Have An Impact By Andrew Korybko The Republicans could make support for more Ukrainian aid conditional on a joint investigation into these claims and thus doom any deal… Read More ›
The “Moldova Highway” Between Romania And Ukraine Has Major Military-Strategic Implications
The “Moldova Highway” Between Romania And Ukraine Has Major Military-Strategic Implications By Andrew Korybko This project is a much bigger deal than most observers have realized since it’ll play an important role in shaping the EU and NATO’s post-conflict future upon… Read More ›