Trump Now Seeks US Control Over Russia’s State-Owned Natural Resource Companies By Andrew Korybko Trump believes that it’s now possible to obtain the “holy grail” that eluded the US even during the heyday of its unipolar hegemony in the 1990s due… Read More ›
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Why’s Trump Preparing To “Escalate To De-Escalate” With Russia?
Why’s Trump Preparing To “Escalate To De-Escalate” With Russia? By Andrew Korybko He feels personally insulted by Putin rejecting his proposal to freeze the conflict in exchange for a resource-centric strategic partnership and also, whether one agrees with him or not,… Read More ›
The US Doesn’t Need Tomahawks In Germany To Keep Tightening The Noose Around Russia
The US Doesn’t Need Tomahawks In Germany To Keep Tightening The Noose Around Russia By Andrew Korybko Such a move wouldn’t substantively alleviate the newfound pressure upon Russia brought about by the tightening of the containment noose around it in the… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Reportedly Proposed Military Pipeline To Romania Will Worsen Tensions With Russia
Turkiye’s Reportedly Proposed Military Pipeline To Romania Will Worsen Tensions With Russia By Andrew Korybko The Polish-led “cordon sanitaire” that’s taking shape along Russia’s western borders will connect with the Turkish-led one that’s poised to emerge along its southern borders, thus… Read More ›
Fast‑Tracking Ukraine Into The EU Would De Facto Strengthen Federalist Ambitions
Fast‑Tracking Ukraine Into The EU Would De Facto Strengthen Federalist Ambitions By Andrew Korybko The approval of “reverse enlargement” to Ukraine and other candidate states would institutionalize a three-tiered Europe between the “E6”, Central Europe, and the new partial members from… Read More ›
The Brits Want The Poles To Contain Russia In The Baltic
The Brits Want The Poles To Contain Russia In The Baltic By Andrew Korybko Some of the €44 billion in loans that Poland just received from the EU’s “SAFE” program will go towards its new “SAFE Baltic” program, and if the… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why The Latest Czech Elections Were So Important
Five Reasons Why The Latest Czech Elections Were So Important By Andrew Korybko This could most significantly provide the domestic political basis for reviving the Visegrad Group. Populist-nationalist politician Andrej Babis is poised to return to the premiership after his party’s… Read More ›
Duelling Military Drills Might Become The New Normal In Central And Eastern Europe
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 ›
The “Three Seas Initiative” Will Play A Prominent Role In Post-Conflict Europe
The “Three Seas Initiative” Will Play A Prominent Role In Post-Conflict Europe By Andrew Korybko Russia considers it to be a series of military logistics projects sold to the public as economic ones. The 10th Summit of the “Three Seas Initiative” (3SI),… Read More ›
Belarus Shouldn’t Worry About Russia Not Ensuring Its Interests In Any Peace Deal
Belarus Shouldn’t Worry About Russia Not Ensuring Its Interests In Any Peace Deal By Andrew Korybko A top diplomat’s indirectly expressed concerns about this are understandable but unnecessary. Belarusian First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Lukashevich made a curious comment in a… Read More ›