Explaining Russia’s Restrained Response To Estonia Seizing One Of Its “Shadow Fleet” Vessels By Andrew Korybko Russia wants to avoid falling into the UK’s trap for sabotaging its rapprochement with the US by credibly threatening military force against Estonia in response… Read More ›
What Comes Next After The US’ Withdrawal From Poland’s Rzeszow Logistics Hub For Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko This is meant to symbolize the reduction of American military aid to Kiev, not function as the first step towards a complete withdrawal from… Read More ›
Europe’s Reported Plan To Replace The US In NATO Ignores The Interests Of Five Key Countries By Andrew Korybko It’s strongly implied that Poland, the Baltic States, and Romania prefer to remain under the US’ security umbrella. The Financial Times (FT)… Read More ›
France’s Next Quarterly Nuclear Drills Might Become Prestige-Building Exercises With Poland By Andrew Korybko Poland might participate in these exercises in order to send a strong anti-Russian signal, but the extent to which it might pivot towards France and away from… Read More ›
Nord Stream Is Back In The News As Part Of Grand Deal Between Russia And The West By Andrew Korybko What’s being tabled right now is pretty much what was proposed in a briefing from early January. The Financial Times (FT)… Read More ›
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Was A Pragmatic Means Of Managing The Soviet-Nazi Security Dilemma By Andrew Korybko Whatever one may think about its lack of morality, it was coldly pragmatic and wasn’t responsible for sparking World War II, just for temporarily putting… Read More ›
The Baltics’ Demarche To Poland Over Its De Facto Blockade Of Ukraine Serves German Interests By Andrew Korybko From a geopolitical perspective, the Baltic States’ interests are served by supporting Poland’s rise all across Central & Eastern Europe so as to… Read More ›
Poland Wants To Provoke Russia Into Being The First To Formally Cut Off Bilateral Relations By Andrew Korybko The purpose behind provoking Russia into this is threefold: 1) PiS hopes to manipulate and subsequently exploit optics of this scandal in order… Read More ›
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