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 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? 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 ›
How Likely Is It That Poland Gives Belarus A Fair Deal Instead Of A Lopsided One? By Andrew Korybko Belarus’ KGB chief recently claimed to have “reached an understanding of mutual interests” with Poland “in some cases” to the surprise of… Read More ›
Western Designs On Belarus: Replacing Russian Ties With Polish Vassalage By Andrew Korybko The West already turned Ukraine, Armenia, and Moldova into anti-Russian states while stirring trouble in its ties with Azerbaijan and eagerly eyeing Central Asian leader Kazakhstan so the… Read More ›
Assessing The Veracity Of SVR’s Report About A Polish-Ukrainian False Flag Attack In Poland By Andrew Korybko There’s little doubt that Ukraine has an interest in escalating NATO-Russian tensions through these means, including by employing anti-government Russian and Belarusian nationals in… Read More ›
Poland’s Closure Of The Belarusian Border Amounts To Slight De Facto EU Tariffs On China By Andrew Korybko The most that Poland might gain is remaining in the US’ good graces in the hope it’ll at least retain its troops there… Read More ›
Duelling Military Drills Might Become The New Normal In Central And Eastern Europe By Andrew Korybko This dynamic is driven by the Western elite’s geopolitical interests in fearmongering about Russia and their economic ones in enriching themselves from this through investments… Read More ›
Some Lithuanians Are Turning Against The Pro-Western Belarusian Diaspora By Andrew Korybko Lithuanians don’t want to share the legacy of their eponymous Grand Duchy with Belarusians. Several dozen Lithuanians recently protested in Vilnius demanding that the government revoke the accreditation and funding that… Read More ›
Nawrocki’s Election Pushed Tusk To Play Hardball With Poland’s Neighbours On Illegal Immigration By Andrew Korybko What’s most important to him personally is retaining power by preventing the collapse of his government, but if that’s unavoidable, then he at the very… Read More ›