Did Zelensky Threaten Lukashenko At Trump’s Behest? By Andrew Korybko Something clearly happened over the past month in his talks with the US, perhaps it refusing to compromise as part of the “big deal” that they’re negotiating and instead demanding unilateral… Read More ›
Belarus
The US Is Making A Play For Belarus’ Most Strategic Export
The US Is Making A Play For Belarus’ Most Strategic Export By Andrew Korybko If the US becomes one of Belarus’ top potash clients after removing its sanctions on this resource, then its role as the main source of foreign currency… Read More ›
Lukashenko Is Acting Suspiciously Again
Lukashenko Is Acting Suspiciously Again By Andrew Korybko He promised to attend the next Peace Board meeting despite the US humiliating him by refusing to grant his representatives visas to the inaugural one that he couldn’t attend, insists that the US… Read More ›
The Baltic States Are More Important For Ukraine Than Most Might Realize
The Baltic States Are More Important For Ukraine Than Most Might Realize By Andrew Korybko The Baltic States and Ukraine’s borders with Russia and Belarus are the most likely tripwires for a hot NATO-Russian war, which they have an interest in… Read More ›
Lukashenko Is Learning The Hard Way That Trump Loves Humiliating His Vassals
Lukashenko Is Learning The Hard Way That Trump Loves Humiliating His Vassals By Andrew Korybko The US’ decision not to issue visas for the Belarusian delegation to the Board of Peace meeting was a “plausibly deniable” form of humiliation against them… Read More ›
Poland’s Anxiety Grows Over The Future Of U.S. Troops On Its Soil
Poland’s Anxiety Grows Over The Future Of U.S. Troops On Its Soil By Andrew Korybko Policymakers fear that Trump might agree to reduce or even fully withdraw US troops from NATO’s Eastern Flank as part of a deal with Putin, which… Read More ›
Why Russia Warned About The West’s Colour Revolution Plans In Belarus Four Years In Advance?
Why Russia Warned About The West’s Colour Revolution Plans In Belarus Four Years In Advance? By Andrew Korybko The timing of SVR’s warning about the West’s, and especially Poland’s and the US’, “NGO”-led Colour Revolution plans in Belarus during its 2030… Read More ›
Belarus’ Dramatic Pivot On Poland Points To A Deepening Rift With Russia
Belarus’ Dramatic Pivot On Poland Points To A Deepening Rift With Russia By Andrew Korybko This is arguably the result of growing US influence over Belarus throughout the course of their talks. Russia and Belarus coordinate military policy through the CSTO,… Read More ›
Poland’s Railroad Sabotage Incident Is Highly Suspicious
Poland’s Railroad Sabotage Incident Is Highly Suspicious By Andrew Korybko This might be a false flag to undermine the partial de-escalation of Polish-Belarusian tensions and provoke a worsening of Russian-US ones. It also comes six weeks after Russian spies warned about… Read More ›
What’s Really Behind The Latest Border Tensions Between Belarus And Lithuania?
What’s Really Behind The Latest Border Tensions Between Belarus And Lithuania? By Andrew Korybko It’s possible that this is a “plausibly deniable” powerplay by Belarus as part of the “big deal” that it’s negotiating with the US. Lithuania closed its border… Read More ›