Sudan Burns While Washington And Brussels Wash Their Hands By Uriel Araujo Sudan is now collapsing into one of the worst wars of our time. Years of Western-backed reforms, sanctions, and flawed peace deals set the stage for today’s bloodshed. A… Read More ›
US Troop Cuts in Europe Won’t Alleviate Russia’s Security Concerns By Andrew Korybko The US is offloading most of the responsibilities for containing Russia onto Poland, the UK, France, and Germany while retaining a minimal presence along NATO’s eastern flank for… Read More ›
Armenia’s Russian-Ukrainian Grain Scandal Is More Serious Than Many Might Realize By Andrew Korybko Armenia’s potential replacement of low-cost Russian grain with more expensive Ukrainian grain could worsen its already difficult financial situation and thus prompt Azerbaijan and/or Turkiye to propose… Read More ›
The Next Phase Of Germany’s Nord Stream Investigation Might Further Worsen Ties With Poland By Andrew Korybko Italy’s potential extradition of a Ukrainian suspect to Germany could lead to a highly publicized (and predictably politicized) trial that implicates Poland in this… Read More ›
Serbia’s Continued Arming Of Ukraine Risks Rupturing Relations With Russia By Andrew Korybko Everything is proceeding according to the US’ plan, which Vucic might have even secretly agreed to. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic recently told German media that his country is… Read More ›
Poland Might Impede The EU’s Push To Speedily Grant Ukraine Membership By Andrew Korybko Poland has more to lose from this than Hungary does, but it’s happy to let Hungary feel the heat for impeding Ukraine’s plans, unless Orban is ousted… Read More ›
Trump Expects Orban To Go Along With Poland’s Vision For Central Europe By Andrew Korybko The sanctions exemption was extended as a quid pro quo for Hungary incorporating itself into Poland’s US-backed regional integration plans, which necessitates gradually ditching Russian energy…. 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 ›
What’s The Real Reason Why The Economist Wants Europe To Spend $400 Billion More On Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Federalizing the EU, not the political fantasy of defeating Russia, is the real goal, which requires another four years of proxy warfare… Read More ›
Trump’s Nuclear Test Plans Might Be Meant To Manipulate Russia Into An Escalation With Europe By Andrew Korybko Any reciprocal nuclear test by Russia could serve as the pretext for the US approving France and/or the UK sharing their nukes with… Read More ›
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