NATO Might Try To Down Russian Jets On The False Pretext That They Violated Its Airspace By Andrew Korybko If it turns out that Trump’s flip-flop on Ukraine was just him paying lip service to NATO’s goal of inflicting a strategic… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Zelensky Is Manipulating Trump Into A Disaster Of Epic Proportions
Zelensky Is Manipulating Trump Into A Disaster Of Epic Proportions By Andrew Korybko Even worse, it would be all because of Zelensky’s lust for money and power, not any legitimate reason. Trump’s flip-flop on Ukraine was explained here as being partially due to… Read More ›
The U.S. Is Expected To Tacitly Back Poland’s Nuclear Weapons Plans
The U.S. Is Expected To Tacitly Back Poland’s Nuclear Weapons Plans By Andrew Korybko Accusations of hypocrisy will abound due to its opposition to others’ reported such plans, but negative media coverage is the only consequence that’ll likely follow since Russia… Read More ›
The Five Most Likely Motives Behind Trump’s Flip-Flop On Ukraine
The Five Most Likely Motives Behind Trump’s Flip-Flop On Ukraine By Andrew Korybko The proxy war has reached a very dangerous point where tensions might soon spiral out of control. Trump surprised the world with a lengthy post expressing his newfound view that… Read More ›
Europe’s Expansion Obsession: A Cover For Decline
Europe’s Expansion Obsession: A Cover For Decline By Uriel Araujo With Ukraine, the Balkans, and even the Caucasus on its radar, the EU faces a paradox: enlargement as a strategy may heighten Europe’s internal fractures and reveal deeper Western vulnerabilities. European… Read More ›
Poland’s Infrastructure Plans In Ukraine Could Revive Its Historical Rivalry With Russia There
Poland’s Infrastructure Plans In Ukraine Could Revive Its Historical Rivalry With Russia There By Andrew Korybko The military-strategic consequences might further reduce Russia’s interest in any political compromise that allows for this to happen. The new chief of Poland’s State Treasury-owned Industrial Development… Read More ›
How Far Will The German Elite Go In Resisting The Winds Of Change?
How Far Will The German Elite Go In Resisting The Winds Of Change? By Andrew Korybko Banning the AfD, more “statistically conspicuous” deaths of its candidates, and even a repeat of the Romanian scenario can’t be ruled out as the nationalist… Read More ›
Estonia’s Airspace Violation Allegation Against Russia Is Politically Self-Serving
Estonia’s Airspace Violation Allegation Against Russia Is Politically Self-Serving By Andrew Korybko It’s difficult to believe that Russia would so brazenly provoke NATO at the risk of ruining talks with the US and consequently escalating tensions, but that’s what some want… Read More ›
The Ukrainian Ambassador To Poland Admitted That His Co-Ethnics Don’t Want To Assimilate
The Ukrainian Ambassador To Poland Admitted That His Co-Ethnics Don’t Want To Assimilate By Andrew Korybko The combination of many Ukrainians remaining adherents of Bandera’s ideology, their ultra-nationalists’ claims to parts of Poland, and their Ambassador to Poland’s confirmation that his… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Overreach In Africa: From Proxy War In Europe To Proxy Adventurism Abroad
Ukraine’s Overreach In Africa: From Proxy War In Europe To Proxy Adventurism Abroad By Uriel Araujo Reports suggest Ukrainian weapons and operatives are fuelling conflicts in Mali, Sudan, and Libya, in its push to “counter Russia”. While Kiev brands its outreach… Read More ›